It’s been wonderful to have so many new SnowFlower participants in the last two years! This article is to update everyone about MOSES because SnowFlower was one of its founding members and has been a financial supporter for 6 years.…
Open Hearts, Open Arms
We can’t breathe! In Buddhist meditation, our breathing is essential. Anapana, meditation on the breath, was the Buddha’s first meditation instruction and the basis for all further meditative endeavors. Breathing is not only life-sustaining and calming; it is a foremost…
The Coming Home Project
The Coming Home Project (CHP) offers programs that serve incarcerated individuals or persons recently released from prison. SnowFlower members volunteering in CHP frequently become deeply committed to this vital work. Going inside: CHP members enter prisons and jails to provide…
Earth Holder Project
by Curt Pawlisch In her book, Oceans of Insight, Heather Mann describes how SnowFlower’s Earth Holders Project began in early 2013 in response to heedless and rapacious mining, both real and threatened. Taking time off from her sailing adventures during the…
SnowFlower Histories – The Earth Holders Project
This month we are delighted to share a newly written SnowFlower history with you on the SnowFlower Website – The Earth Holders Project of SnowFlower Sangha. The project started in early 2013, before The Earth Holder Sangha was officially formed (which is…