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September 2011

September 18, 2011
In my email this morning, I find this question:"How does one become one with Mu?"There...
September 10, 2011
I was driving to a doctor appointment ten years ago when I heard on NPR...
September 05, 2011
Yesterday I found the end of the rainbow. Turns out that it's just north of...

August 2011

August 28, 2011
"By the end of this year there will be a billion people on this planet...
August 25, 2011
Click the picture for Jon Stewart's scathing rebuke of Fox News criticism of Warren B.
August 22, 2011
After a nice dinner last night in Stillwater, G and I took a stroll by...
August 14, 2011
“Where was thou when I laid the foundations of the earth...When the morning stars sang...

July 2011

July 30, 2011
Don't think I've gone two weeks without a blog post since I started this thing...
July 16, 2011
I'm back from a sweet vacation, mostly lounging in the Keweenaw Peninsula of Upper Michigan....
July 06, 2011
Above is Zen teacher Bomun (a.k.a., George Bowman, successor of Seung Sahn Soen Sa Nim...

June 2011

June 30, 2011
"If you really want to rediscover wonder, you need to step outside of that tiny,...
June 29, 2011
Wonderful day in Minnesota. Above photo is from a favorite rest stop on my biking...
June 26, 2011
Above is the zendo created at Grailville, a retreat center in Loveland, OH, for the...
June 25, 2011
   Note: I've deleted this post, at least for now. I jumped the gun and...
June 15, 2011
Above is a scene from Jay Cooke State Park near Duluth. My son and I...
June 07, 2011
Bower, bowed tooTheir nature, no natureThis body, other bodies, not twoPlunge into the inexhaustible realmLive...
June 04, 2011
A fun thing about this stage in the transmission of dharma to the global culture...
June 02, 2011
"The ten thousand things return to One" - by Shodo Harada Roshi from his new...

May 2011

May 31, 2011
...and experience comes from bad decisions - that's the small print under "Decisions" in the...
May 25, 2011
I think most Zen students would agree that following a teacher is a delicate task...
May 22, 2011
The above (~1984 at Hokyoji) was from a practice period 4 or 9 day -...
May 19, 2011
Stephen Hawking recently took some heat for the non-statement of the year - heaven and...
May 16, 2011
Today I'm offering a question for reflection and discussion, so if you'd like to post...
May 14, 2011
Cold, soft rain falling this morning during the dog walk. At home alone now and lingering...
May 12, 2011
To the astonishment of a few co-workers and at least one family member, I didn't...
May 09, 2011
When I was 20 I set off hitch-hiking to discover America.  One shining afternoon I...
May 06, 2011
How did a nice Chief of Police like Minneapolis' Tim Dolan wind up shaking my...
May 05, 2011
I'm slowly digesting and enjoying The Six Perfections: Buddhism and the Cultivation of Character by...
May 05, 2011
James with his "...and it is good" smile.Melissa receiving "dragon" caligraphy from John Tarrant, below.Officiant...
May 02, 2011
This past weekend I had the honor of officiating at the Temple Opening for the...
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