Tasshin's Blog

My vow is to empower the wise and loving.

I vow to exemplify trustworthiness: I will develop my own wisdom, love, and power as a leader.
I vow to integrate Mind, Body, and Attention: I will use every skill and capacity I have to grow as a person and leader.
I vow to reach truth: I will strive to find awakening in this lifetime, the end of suffering, the relinquishment of all attachments. I will live up to my name, 達真: to reach or achieve truth.

I vow to empower the wise and loving: to share the power that I have with those who are trustworthy, to teach and spread what I have learned and benefitted from.
I vow to lead as my community asks me: I will be a teacher, a mentor, a leader, as my community needs and as the world asks.
I vow to read, write, and speak in service of others: As a scholar monk, I will research questions that matter, and distribute the answers I find.

I vow to help monasteries flourish in the modern world: As a social institution, monasteries create the leaders we need. I vow to serve their flourishing.
I vow to save the world: The world’s problems pose enormous existential risks, not only for humans, but for all life on Earth. We cannot hesitate to act in this moment of crisis.
I vow to save all beings: I vow to embody the Bodhisattva ideal, to liberate all beings, to walk the path of Awakening towards complete Buddhahood.

I write about meditation, monasteries, productivity, strategy, and more.

Here are the blog posts and resources that I think are my best:

I am training at the Monastic Academy in Lowell, VT.
I’m currently acting as the Care Person.
I’m trying to publish 30 blog posts in 2020! I’m grateful to have the help of a team of people.

Feel free to reach out or say hi on Twitter (@tasshinfogleman) or by email ([email protected]).