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November 2022

November 08, 2022
A monk asked Zhaozhou, "For a long time I’ve heard about Zhaozhou's stone bridge. Coming...
November 05, 2022
November 02, 2022
If you are a regular reader, you know that I use the phrase "Post Meiji...

October 2022

October 19, 2022
Dahui Zonggao (1089–1163) was (arguably) the most important Zen master ever. (1) He is credited...
October 04, 2022
Dirty Little Secret? According to the Urban Dictionary, that esteemed and profound arbiter of taste...

September 2022

September 19, 2022
Going Through the Mystery's One Hundred Questions My next book is cooking along and at...
September 13, 2022
In our recently concluded summer study session through the Vine of Obstacles Zen, we explored...
September 12, 2022
This fall, we are introducing a new offering through the Vine of Obstacles Zen -...
September 01, 2022
Introduction Meihō Sotetsu (1277-1350, 明峰素哲, Bright Peak Elemental Penetration) is the fifth generation Sōtō Zen...

August 2022

August 16, 2022
In recent days, I've been playing around with translating some bits of Dōgen from his...
August 02, 2022
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July 2022

July 27, 2022
Click here to support my Zen teaching practice via Patreon. Introduction This post is the...
July 13, 2022
Overview This post is the second in a series of three on study practice in...

June 2022

June 09, 2022
Introduction In this post, I will explore two questions: "Why study the buddhadharma" and "How...
June 02, 2022
Many of us come to a place in our journey where what once worked is...

May 2022

May 23, 2022
Click here to support the my teaching practice via Patreon. This is a recording...
May 09, 2022
Click here to support the my teaching practice via Patreon. Your contribution will enhance my...

April 2022

April 18, 2022
Click here to support the teaching practice of Dōshō Rōshi. What you'll find in this...
April 07, 2022
Click here to support the teaching practice of Dōshō Rōshi at Patreon. One helluva teacher...

March 2022

March 29, 2022
Some say this is due to a deficiency in the Zen tradition, but in my...
March 17, 2022
Exploding myths An earlier version of this post has been up awhile at my Patreon...
March 07, 2022
Deep, Dark, Nurturing Waters This post is about practicing after kenshō, and even after having...

February 2022

February 23, 2022
The theme here is the Cáodòng/Sōtō master Tiāntóng Rújìng's (1163-1229, 天童如淨; Japanese, Tendō Nyojō) instructions...
February 14, 2022
What this post is about Recently, a friend shared a passage from the Shunryū Suzuki...
February 03, 2022
In this post, Kōkyō Henkel offers an insightful preface and then his and Yashu Zhang's...

January 2022

January 31, 2022
What's going on here? I've started a Dosho Port Patreon page and you are very...
January 12, 2022
In this post I’ll offer some dharma gems from Keizan Jōkin Zenji (1268–1325), the fourth...
January 09, 2022
A preliminary note After focusing for the last five years on other translating and writing...

December 2021

December 12, 2021
Dosho’s Note: Below you’ll find a translation of an article that first appeared in a...

November 2021

November 26, 2021
By guest blogger, Bukkokuji monk, Kogen Czarnik Living in the 21st century, it is hard...
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