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December 2008

December 31, 2008
All years are thieves and this one was most thorough going in that regard for...
December 29, 2008
Just back from walking Bodhi. The path today was shimmering. Unfortunately (but appropriately), the photo...
December 28, 2008
I'm beginning to hear from people who have read my book and am enjoying the...
December 27, 2008
Above is a "sleeping stick," apparently used by monks in China and then for a...
December 26, 2008
We're always connected in some way, of course, even perched in the eagle's nest. I...
December 25, 2008
'm waiting for the subtitles or the voice-over. What an utter hoot this living in...
December 24, 2008
As the year comes to an end, I've found myself reflecting on the year past...
December 23, 2008
December 22, 2008
My copies arrived today just as my brother and I were struggling with translating Hashimoto...
December 22, 2008
Cold and snow everywhere in the northern half the continent. I'm off work and relieved...
December 21, 2008
Finished a one-day sitting a few hours ago. Dog Bodhi sat through dokusan in the student seat...
December 21, 2008
So bundled up my mother would be proud.So cold my eyes ache and icicles form...
December 20, 2008
It's pretty clear from glancing at these posts that I like old poets (with the...
December 19, 2008
Here's another blessing poem. This one is from Diane di Prima, quite popular with Katagiri's...
December 18, 2008
Poetry week continues with some old favorites. These aren't overtly "dharma" poems but lovely and...
December 17, 2008
It's dharma poetry week at the wild fox blog. Here's one from Jane Hirschfield(who has...
December 16, 2008
Try notto look like you're on a path to somewhere.That waynobody will ask youwhere you are...
December 15, 2008
December 15, 2008
Windows were shakin’All night in my dreamEverything was exactlyThe way that it seemed.- Bob Dylan,...
December 13, 2008
This post continues working with the fire boy koan that’s been hot these past several...
December 10, 2008
This post continues the thread from the previous post with a reflection on the fire...
December 09, 2008
My twelve-year old son, dog Bodhi, and I just got back from sledding at the...
December 08, 2008
Here's a poem by Hafiz translated by Daniel Ladinsky in The Gift: Poems by Hafiz...
December 08, 2008
Dogen's Extensive Record #297: Enlightenment Day Dharma Hall Discourse (1248)The snowball hits! The snowball hits!...
December 07, 2008
Excerpt from Case 1, Record of Transmission of Lightby Keizan Jokin-zenji Shakyamuni Buddha saw the morning...
December 06, 2008
little out of place, a little out of tune, sorta lost in space racin'...
December 06, 2008
By the way, I've been updating somethings over on the right sidebar, especially the offerings...
December 05, 2008
Katagiri Roshi liked persimmons but may have enjoyed the persimmon most as a metaphor for...
December 03, 2008
(A Zen monk doing Takuhatsu - begging) As the year draws to a close, I've...
December 02, 2008
Taigen Leighton's book, Visions of Awakening Space and Time: Dogen and the Lotus Sutra, is now...
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