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Monteverde, Costa Rica: Visiting and Donating

The information below was provided by the Fjelstad-Ferguson family following their sojourn in Monteverde, Costa Rica ending last year. More information will follow. [nggallery id=3] Website and contact information for Costa Rica Study Tours, the Quaker tours started in 1984: http://www.crstudytours.com. The website provides links to their January tours, custom tours, tour photos and an [...]

Particularity and The Poison Tree

By Tom Clinton-McCausland There is a parable which I learned from the Buddhist teacher Jack Kornfield about a poison tree. It goes something like this: Near a village there is a poison tree. The poison is very potent, and it deeply wounds the hearts and spirits of all who ingest it.One day, someone from the [...]