Dharma Duo - Teng How Bae and Steve Carson

A great way to get to know fellow sangha participants, a "Dharma Duo" features two members of GBF sharing their background, what brought them to Buddhism, and how their practice and experience with the dharma has impacted their lives. ____________ Teng How Bae was born into Buddhism. Born in China but raised in Thailand, he has been influenced by both Chinese and Thai traditions of practice, as Buddhism is a part of Chinese and Thai culture. Teng How is also a Tai-Qi master teaching every weekend in Dolores Park in San Francisco. He discovered Tai-Qi back in the early ’80s while running with Front Runners. He started his first class in South City and six months later he was hooked and has been practicing daily for over 20 years. Of TaiQi he says, “Tai-Qi has been giving me a life force in many directions, e.g., focus, centering, calmness, alertness, energy, and body circulation. Tai-Qi is like food that I have to consume every day.” Teng How has been the GBF Treasurer for over 17 years, among his numerous other services to the sangha and larger community. ____________ After his first quarter century in the great midwest of upstate New York, Steve Carson's life is the Tale of Three Cities. At 25, he packed up and moved to New York to study at Union Theological Seminary. After that, he served for five years as pastor of MCC Boston. In 1990, he moved to San Francisco, where he currently works as a sixth grade teacher. As post-New Yorker, post-Christian, post-pastor, post-50, he is a great believer in the “seasons of life.” ______________  To support our efforts to share these talks with LGBTQIA audiences worldwide, please visit https://gaybuddhist.org/There you can:   Donate  Learn how to participate live  Find our schedule of upcoming speakers  Join our mailing list or discussion forum Enjoy over 900 recorded talks dating back to 1995CREDITSAudio Production: George HubbardProducer: Tom BrueinMusic/Logo/Artwork: Derek Lassiter