Activities -- Talks, Writings & Videos
TALKS
Dharmaseed
from June 2025 Jhāna and Insight retreat, Gaia House, with Leigh Brasington and Matt Harvey:
Five Daily Recollections
Intro to Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta: Mindful Breathing, Postures & Body Processes
Charnal Grounds & 4 Elements
6 Sense Spheres, 7 Awakening Factors, 4 Noble Truths, End of the Satipaṭṭhāna
PODCASTS
Nonviolent Communication (and Buddhist Practice), Zen at the Sharp End podcast with Mark Westmoquette (Feb 2024)
VIDEOS
Pāli for Practice…
…from the Sati Center video library:
Pāli for Practice — a few select Pāli words from the Satipaṭṭhāna sutta
Cittānupassanā — Pāli words describing Mindfulness of the Mind. Alternatives to ‘shoulds’ — empowering alternatives for translating the optative and future passive participle
WRITING
Academic writing
An Exploration of the Mahā-Maṅgala Sutta: Content and Context, 2019. University of South Wales MA Dissertation
Buddhist Teachings of the Pāli Canon and Modern Capitalist Economics
Buddhism and Social Enterprise: creating a more compassionate economy
Non-Buddhist writing
Kindful Communication
Kindful Communication Core Course booklet, 2016.
Needs list
Feelings list — needs being met
Feelings list — needs not being met
Music
Guitar Dharma, 2006. Heartwood Music (booklet)
Guitar Dharma, 2007. Guitar Player magazine.
Forests and forestry
Tree Tips & Forest Facts, Essays on Living in and Sustaining California’s Forests, 2012.
Tree Tips & Forest Facts, 1998-2006. Weekly newspaper column for the Mendocino County Observer.
Tree Tips & Forest Facts, 2002-2006. Weekly radio segment for KZYX/Z radio.
A comparative analysis of household and forest farm management of tree resources in Linan County, Zhejian Province, The People’s Republic of China, 1994. MS thesis, Humboldt State University.
Articles written for the University of California Extension series on Forest Stewardship, 2007.
Primary author
Forest Stewardship Series 6: Forest Vegetation Management
Forest Stewardship Series 7: Forest Regeneration
Forest Stewardship Series 15: Wildfire and Fuel Management
Forest Stewardship Series 17: Forest Roads
Forest Stewardship Series 21: Economic Considerations in Forest Stewardship
Forest Stewardship Series 22: Forest Taxation, Estate Planning, and Conservation Easements
Fuels Management Guide, 2001. California Association of Conservation Districts.
A Brief Review of Timber Management on Private Lands in California, 1999. Journal of Zhejiang Forestry College, Vol 16, No. 4.