My Samadhi is Hot

Hello, Vajrasattva

The first 10 days of my 40 day vow (today is day 3) I’ll be practicing as Vajrasattva and so I’d thought I’d give a very brief introduction to him as taught to me by my teacher, Hokai Sobol. In describing the qualities that Vajrasattva embodies and represents, what is important to me is not some objective, detached understanding, but to see those qualities in myself, as myself, embodied through my practice and integrated into my daily life. So, I will speak more from that perspective and I hope that you read this with that feeling in mind and heart.

40 Days – Yes, Another Vow

Because I’m lazy. And all-or-nothing.

I like vows because they force me to be disciplined and structured, so I’m doing it again, and started day one yesterday, November 17, 2010. This time for 40 days, 30 minutes each day of practice. During this time I will be working with four different deities as understood and practiced in the Shingon tradition and instructed by my teacher, Hokai Sobol. I’ll finish these 40 days with a week-long solitary retreat. Well, semi-solitary because I’ll be doing the retreat with my dharma brother, Vincent Horn, but we’ll each be doing our own thing, kicking it buddha-licious style in a cabin up in Crestone, Colorado.

Welcome Buddhist Geeks!

Today an article I wrote was published on Buddhist Geeks entitled, “The Three Flavors of Continuing in Practice“. Some of you might be Buddhist Geeks fans visiting for the first time, so I thought I’d point you to a few articles on this site that follow my experience of doing the 100 day vow, and you can subscribe to future articles here:

100 Days of Practice (kick off post)

100 Days – The Practice

Mind Accepting, Heart Embracing

100 Days Complete – My Experience (what I learned, insights, etc)

Thanks for joining me here!