January 2009 - Wild Fox Zen

January 31, 2009

Way Mind and the Color of My Hometown

Dogen's Extensive Record #487In both arousing the mind and the ultimate stage, how do we...

January 30, 2009

Purpose for Practice and the Ground of Being

Question: Dosho…you may know the therapy from Japan, Morita Therapy. I would call it everyday...

January 29, 2009

Way Mind

Wow, some of you had a lot to say about the last post! And it...

January 28, 2009

The Work of Walking with All Living Beings

Here's a story that's been on my mind recently. Katagiri Roshi dishes out a world...

January 27, 2009

That Door is Not For You

During the Q&A; at the Chicago Zen Center last Sunday, Sevan asked what I said...

January 26, 2009

Back from the Seamless City of Chicago

I got back last night from visiting the Zen Center of Oak Park where I...

January 21, 2009

“The Student Becomes the Teacher” Article in Local Paper

Here's an article (with high rate of things I actually said) that's fresh out about...

January 20, 2009

Big Day, Quiet Poems

Here are some quiet poems to mark the end of the first day with an...

January 19, 2009

The Fierce Urgency of the Now: MLK, Katagiri, Dogen, and Krista Tibbets

In addition to MLK day here in the US, today is Katagiri Roshi's 81st birthday...

January 18, 2009

Wasp Nests and Zen Groups

I think we might just be getting somewhere on this blog - not sure where...

January 16, 2009

Sheep and Wild Fox in Zen Groups

Here's some real talk about pretend animals in Zen groups. This has been floating around...

January 14, 2009

Manifesting “Ahhh!” Japanese Style (Keep Me in Your Heart – Uncut)

A recent thread here has been about the Japanese Zen tradition - the main source...

January 13, 2009

Pick Up the Newspaper or More Plugging My Book

Here's the "Pick Up the Newspaper!" story and some commentary from Keep Me in Your...

January 12, 2009

On Zen Phoneys

In a comment to my last post, Mike Cross raises the issue of Zen phoneys...

January 09, 2009

Weekend Sesshin

Sesshin (接心) literally "gathering the mind" or "collecting the mind," is the word for an...

January 08, 2009

Crooked Belly Button

As I mentioned recently, I've started to work on "Bodhi Mind" or "Way Heart," looking...

January 07, 2009

Wonderful Study Resource

Thanks, Hogen, for pointing this out: You will find in digitized, searchable format the Platform Sutra...

January 06, 2009

100-Day Practice Begins March 5, Ends June 11

Sit on your cushion and think non-thinking; play vividly and energetically and don't be fooled by...

January 05, 2009

Eight Awareness

January 6th is the day in 1253 that Dogen Zenji wrote his last fascicle of the Shobogenzo,...

January 04, 2009

Happiness?

Here's a summary of the recent research on happiness from Psychology Today (thanks to Tetsugan):The...

January 04, 2009

A Way Heart of Moss and Dew

I've been reflecting again on "Way Heart," having started some work with Hashimoto Roshi's commentary. Again...

January 03, 2009

Taking Care of Small Details with Long-ranged Hope

Coyote scat dropped in the woods, as in the photo, needs no caring although comes alive...

January 02, 2009

Blood on the Ground: What To Do?

A few days ago, Bodhi and I came upon a "kill site" in the woods. A...

January 01, 2009

New Year 2009: To Change Your Life is Not Your Business

's my video New Year's prayer (this was up earlier but now it'll play for...