January 2016

Katagiri Roshi

Katagiri Roshi’s Peaceful Life is a very sweet poem that we occasionally chanted at Zen Center for services;…
Dogen

‘It is not only that there is water in the world, but there is a world…
What I think about when I am riding

I find myself less and less interested in professional road cycling as the years go by,…
Michael Stone

‘Though the mind’s function is to integrate events and help us make meaning through the use…
Reciting sutras

‘If practice and realisation were two things, as it appears to an ordinary person, each could…
The Language of Ritual

Following on from last Monday’s post, another line from the shukke tokudo ceremony that always resonated with me…
Dogen

‘Do not remain bewildered and skeptical when you hear the words Mountains flow; but study these words…
The Fault Lines of the City

The rains that have filled this winter abated for a couple of days – though they…
Dogen

There is going to be a little more Dogen in the next couple of weeks as…
Katagiri Roshi

‘Thinking in the proper way is not to understand life through your intellect; it is to…