Plum Mountain Buddhist Community | A collection of spiritual eccentrics

Mindful-ness and Busy-ness

Whenever the Buddha is asked how to practice mindfulness and concentration there is almost always a standard formula that precedes his instructions. In the Mahāsatipatthāna Sutta it goes like this: “Here a monk, having gone into the forest, or to the root of a tree, or to an...

A Child Could Do It…

I don’t remember much about the fifth grade. Oh, I remember a few faces, what the school looked like, and other such inane details, but I don’t remember specifically what I learned that year. All of my elementary school years kind of blend together in that regard. ...

No Fear, No Enemy

I carry a traveling altar that opens up into a triptych, a three-part Buddhist scene which has the Buddha in the center making the Fear Not hand signal. In Buddhist art, these are called mudrā, which is a Sanskrit word meaning literally a “seal,” like the seal a notary...

"Be still: There is no longer any need of comment"

- Thomas Merton

Mission Statement

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Who We Are

Plum Mountain Buddhist Community is a collection of spiritual eccentrics who are trying to practice the methods of the historical Buddha. No creed or lack of creed is necessary to belong to our group, only the desire to increase your own happiness and that of all sentient beings.