March 2016

Chan Master Sheng Yen

‘People who want to attain wisdom usually do not know how or where to begin. If…
What I think about when I am running

Last week I pushed myself perhaps a little too much. It was probably a reaction to…
Michael Stone

‘Mind is always organizing. We humans classify the raw data of our experience by giving it…
The Language of Ritual

As the season of the winter training periods draws to a close across all three of Zen…
Hakuin

Clearly it’s ungraspable within the Three Worlds An empty sky swept clean away – not a…
What I think about when I am riding

In the south London borough of Southwark, where I used to live, there is a building…
Identity and Opinions

My sister-in-law, who is more attuned to social niceties than other members of my immediate family,…
Dogen

‘The zazen of even one person at one moment imperceptibly accords with all things and fully…
What I think about when I am riding

‘Each moment is perfect if you don’t compare it’ (Byron Katie) A friend of mine noticed…
Roaming Zen

Over the weekend I was imagining how I would write up the inaugural Roaming Zen, not…