Zen teacher Ellen Birx writes in her book Healing Zen: Awakening to a Life
of Wholeness and Compassion While Caring for Yourself and Others (Viking
Compass 2002) Yamada Roshi spoke of four types of people: an ordinary
person without enlightenment, an ordinary person with enlightenment, a saint
I'm not Catholic, but I've long had a
fascination with the Roman church,
not unmixed with a habit of
criticizing its excesses, oversights, and
material appetites.
In the last days, I've been moved by
what I've seen at the Vatican as it
gets a chance to get back to
basics.
Though I disagree
