Author: Sensei Michael Jinpa
‘Beyond priceless’: how a halt to dredging saved the seas of Scotland’s Summer Isles as reflected on by Sensei Michael Jinpa
Early this morning, before the zendo bell sounded for dawn sitting, I walked along the lower marina here in Harborview Point. The fog was hanging low over the tide pools, blurring
Saving the Siamese crocodile: Cambodia moves to protect one of the world’s last wild populations as reflected on by Sensei Michael Jinpa
Before dawn settles over Harborview Point, the tide pulls back from the mudflats beneath our zendo, leaving quiet pools of salt water where herons wait motionless. In Zen, we spend
‘The toll is huge’: El Niño-driven wildfires overwhelm Indonesia’s orangutan population as reflected on by Sensei Michael Jinpa
At dawn in Harborview Point, a cool salt fog rolls off the water and wraps itself around the cedar pillars of our zendo. Sitting on the cushion, listening to the tide lap against t
Worst ever outbreak of bluetongue hits British farms as reflected on by Sensei Michael Jinpa
Early autumn mist often clings to the water here at Harborview Point, drifting up from the docks toward the sanctuary garden. In the zendo before dawn, when the tide turns against
‘It’s shocking really’: Devon community tracks River Dart sewage spills as reflected on by Sensei Michael Jinpa
At low tide along the inlet here in Harborview Point, the mudflats reveal everything the water carries. Decaying eelgrass, forgotten mooring lines, plastic remnants, and the dark s
Revealed: Government quietly dropped plan to prepare England for wildfires as reflected on by Sensei Michael Jinpa
Walking the coastal bluffs of Harborview Point this morning, the saltwater mist carried a faint, dry scent from the inland ridges. In a coastal sanctuary, we often feel shielded fr
California rushes to prepare for massive ‘Kelvin’ wave and predicted sea level rise as reflected on by Sensei Michael Jinpa
From the wooden deck of Clear Mind Zen Sanctuary, the Pacific does not look like an adversary. It looks, as it always has, like an endless expanse of gray and silver breathing agai
Trump the environmentalist? How his Iran war exposed the fragility of dirty energy as reflected on by Sensei Michael Jinpa
From the zendo bluff at Harborview Point, the morning tide carries a quiet regular rhythm against the weathered pier pilings. Out in the harbor channel, fishing boats rock gently a
US datacenter discharged large amounts of pollution for almost a year with no permits as reflected on by Sensei Michael Jinpa
In our zendo at Harborview Point, the practice begins with attending to the breath. We sit on our cushions, listening to the tide shift against the harbor piers, watching the fog r
The Colorado River is shrinking. What happens next? as reflected on by Sensei Michael Jinpa
Standing on the docks here at Harborview Point at low tide, one watches the saltwater draw back to reveal glistening mudflats, barnacled pilings, and old mooring lines usually hidd