November 2016

Kobun Chino

‘What kind of breathing you do while you sit is an important issue: how the inside…
Ta Hui

‘This affair is like the bright sun in the blue sky, shining clearly, changeless and motionless,…
Listen

As with other personal posts, this one has a long and slow genesis, and a hesitation…
Daito

Once I passed through the cloud barrier South, north, east, west, the living road was clear.…
Suzuki Roshi

‘We should not cling to the idea of darkness or light; we should not cling to…
Dogen

‘Long ago a monk asked a master, “When hundreds, thousands, or myriads of objects come all…
Avatamsaka Sutra

‘If you make sentient beings happy, you make all Buddhas happy. Why? Because the heart of…
Going Beyond

‘A monk said to Tozan,”Cold and heat descend upon us. How can we avoid them?” Tozan…
Chögyam Trungpa

‘The point of realization is not to try to understand only the awakened state and pretend…
Walking Like Lions

From time to time, Zen Center hosts venerable dignitaries from the Japanese zen establishment, and if…