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January 2009

January 16, 2009
Here's some real talk about pretend animals in Zen groups. This has been floating around...
January 14, 2009
A recent thread here has been about the Japanese Zen tradition - the main source...
January 13, 2009
Here's the "Pick Up the Newspaper!" story and some commentary from Keep Me in Your...
January 12, 2009
In a comment to my last post, Mike Cross raises the issue of Zen phoneys...
January 09, 2009
Sesshin (接心) literally "gathering the mind" or "collecting the mind," is the word for an...
January 08, 2009
As I mentioned recently, I've started to work on "Bodhi Mind" or "Way Heart," looking...
January 07, 2009
Thanks, Hogen, for pointing this out: You will find in digitized, searchable format the Platform Sutra...
January 06, 2009
Sit on your cushion and think non-thinking; play vividly and energetically and don't be fooled by...
January 05, 2009
January 6th is the day in 1253 that Dogen Zenji wrote his last fascicle of the Shobogenzo,...
January 04, 2009
Here's a summary of the recent research on happiness from Psychology Today (thanks to Tetsugan):The...
January 04, 2009
I've been reflecting again on "Way Heart," having started some work with Hashimoto Roshi's commentary. Again...
January 03, 2009
Coyote scat dropped in the woods, as in the photo, needs no caring although comes alive...
January 02, 2009
A few days ago, Bodhi and I came upon a "kill site" in the woods. A...
January 01, 2009
's my video New Year's prayer (this was up earlier but now it'll play for...

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...
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