August 2016

Shohaku Okumura

‘Reality unfolds only within this present moment, and yet our mind cannot grasp this present moment.’ (Realizing…
Shundo Aoyama

‘Happiness that depends on what you acquire or become is only conditional happiness, not true happiness.…
Dogen

‘Fundamentally all people are fully satisfied, each and every one with wholeness fulfilled. Why are the…
Sunday Poem

The true Dharma Body of the Buddha Is like empty space. Responding to things, it manifests…
What I think about when I am riding

It is a commonplace these days that our attention is the most valuable thing we can…
Dogen

‘Many people today think that the making of statues and the building of pagodas cause Buddhism…
Suzuki Roshi

‘To understand reality as a direct experience is the reason we practice zazen, and the reason…
Blanche Hartman

‘A monk shaving the head is symbolic of renunciation. But really what is to be renounced…
Toni Packer

‘Sitting quietly, doing nothing, not knowing what is next and not concerned with what was or…
Shohaku Okumura

‘In the reality of Buddha’s life, we are connected with and supported by all things. The…