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June 2014

June 01, 2014
So far we've raised $8343 for the Great Tides Zen launch. We declare this fundraiser a...

May 2014

May 24, 2014
Ross Bolleter, a Zen teacher in the Aitken-Tarrant line who teaches mainly in Australia, has...
May 03, 2014
 

April 2014

April 30, 2014
Recently, at the end of a long day of sorting and packing and hauling (omg,...
April 17, 2014
Several years ago my parents celebrated their 60th anniversary. Tetsugan asked them, "How did you...

March 2014

March 28, 2014
This is the fifth installment of six in the Plum Blossom series, based on talks...
March 16, 2014
"Zen Won't Save You" is the title of the talk that Tetsugan and I will...
March 01, 2014
On this 24th Memorial of Katagiri Roshi's death, I offer his "Plum Blossoms IV" to...

February 2014

February 20, 2014
My contribution to Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Quarterly, Spring 2014, is now out and available. Click...
February 09, 2014
          I stumbled on a Zen story a little while back...
February 01, 2014
Yes, like dog Bodhi in the photo, we're getting ready to move and lay some...

January 2014

January 26, 2014
Cold as hell! And just to be clear, for Buddhists using "cold" to describe "hell"...
January 20, 2014
This is the third installment in the "Plum Blossom" series. Katagiri Roshi gave these talks...
January 12, 2014
How can we live meaningful lives today so that when death comes we might reflect...
January 07, 2014
Happy New Year to you all. Enjoying the break here - still! My day job...

December 2013

December 31, 2013
The former Central Abbot of San Francisco Zen Center, Myogen Steve Stücky, died this morning....
December 23, 2013
Even if you don’t like death, when death comes you have to die. Even if...
December 20, 2013
Here is a solstice talk by my old teacher, Katagiri Roshi, about Dogen's "Plum Blossoms."...
December 07, 2013
All the great traditions have at least one thing in common - the belief that...

November 2013

November 29, 2013
Here's a wondrously beautiful view from a micro-moment on this morning's walk along the shore...
November 24, 2013
We've been using Diane Eshin Rizzetto's excellent book, Waking Up to What You Do: A...
November 10, 2013
What is the role of words in Zen practice? It has become a cliche in...
November 02, 2013
Over at Nyoho Zen, Koun has written another engaging blog post, "My Teacher Doesn't Get...

October 2013

October 18, 2013
About a month ago, I stumbled on this well-done essay on residential Zen training, The...
October 06, 2013
That's me and Haju Sunin at the Ann Arbor Buddhist Temple a few years back....

September 2013

September 29, 2013
Here's a very odd thing about Zen practice - a lot of the time, especially...
September 22, 2013
Dear James Ford on and in his Monkey Mind has raised the issue of money...
September 14, 2013
"The future's uncertain and the end is always near," a line from the Door's "Roadhouse...

August 2013

August 26, 2013
What's the point of study in Dogen Zen? Given my Dogenophile disposition, I'm asked this...
August 19, 2013
During a recent bunch of practice meetings with students in Vine of Obstacles: Online Support...
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