Introducing Preception

Hello and welcome to Preception, a blog about the precepts. We hope this is a space where fellow dharma students can share their experiences and deepen their practice. We plan on offering monthly podcasts and occasional (1-2 a month) blog posts. These posts will range from free form essays exploring topics related to precepts and our Buddhist practice to book reviews and links to dharma talks and other context we enjoy.

Now, a few words of warning. Your hosts are not dharma teachers, just fellow travellers sharing some reports from their journey. We welcome any and all feedback you might have.

About the authors

Evan S. is a Canadian English teacher, writer and meditator who lives in Stockholm, Sweden. Before going into education, Evan studied English and French literature, worked as a copywriter, and volunteered as a crisis counsellor and mindfulness instructor. He has practiced meditation for several years, mostly in the Soto Zen tradition. In 2018, he received jukai at Mountain Rain Zen Community in Vancouver, BC. In the past five years, he has facilitated various meditation groups, mostly for young people and those in recovery from addiction. As a teacher, his areas of interest include prosocial education, mindfulness, and teaching for social justice. Spiritually, he is interested in the relationship between religion and place, and the power of meditation to inform and inspire our politics, creative practices, and relationships.

Will is a Canadian american living in Toronto. He currently works as a software developer at Shopify. In the past he has worked at a granola factory, in a jail, and as a public health researcher in Vancouver. He has studied the dharma for almost nine years now, mostly at Mountain Rain Zen Community in Vancouver. He loves all things fantasy and science fiction, middle English literature, and computers.