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Jizo, My Valentine

Valentine’s Day is the designated push for sweethearts.  It's a day for heart-shaped boxes, long-stemmed roses, and cute cards. Every February 14th, we flock to florists and chocolatiers like ducks to water in order to engage in what has become the almost ritualistic practice of honoring an individual (or individuals) we romantically admire. But what [...]

By | 2019-02-07T10:29:10-07:30 February 7th, 2019|Education, Holidays, News|0 Comments

JizoTherapy: Getting on the Path to Mindfulness and the Cognitive Choice

Who is Jizo?  Or first, what is cognition?  Or maybe the first question is, what is mindfulness? Most of us want to cut to the chase.  We want results and we want them now.  When we can’t get what we want, we get anxious, depressed, angry.  And if we get there, we want to Stay [...]

By | 2019-01-23T15:33:08-07:30 December 7th, 2012|All, Mindfulness|1 Comment

In Jizo’s safekeeping: Starting your day with meditation

Jizo Bodhisattva has many names. The original was Sanskrit:  Ksitigarbha.  It’s translation to English is roughly Earth Womb or Earth Treasury.  As the Bodhisattva who promised Buddha he would remain on the earth until everyone was finished suffering, his role is like that of Mother Earth.  The earth holds each plant, each seedling and each [...]

By | 2019-01-23T15:33:26-07:30 October 2nd, 2012|All, Buddhism, Emotional Self, Meditation|0 Comments