Here are a few takeaways from conversations we had on Saturday:

It seems like there should be a lot to say about ten years of marriage. Proclamations to make. Conclusions to draw.

Put another way, how do we foster a living spirituality?

I used to train very hard in meditation, as if it were a sport. Lately I've come to see meditation as more like a garden.

When I honor these three, when I call to mind the land, the lineages, and my ancestors, each morning I feel rooted to a sense of myself and to everybody, and not only a sense of who we are on this bright day, but of who we have been, and who we could be.

What’s this year been about for me?

And how do you even answer a question like that anymore?

I’m not sure about this one . . . feels a little personal . . . oh well, here it goes . . .

Because when I do . . .

Devon said, "Rinpoche, do you have any advice?"

"Advice?" he said.

"For the retreat," Devon said.