May 2017

Hongzhi

‘The consistent conduct of people of the way is like the flowing clouds with no grasping…
Nishiari Bokusan

‘The reason lotus flowers are not stained with mud is that they are free within mud.…
Katagiri Roshi

‘For zazen, we arrange the circumstances in the zendo so that it is not too bright…
Mumon

With realization, all things are of one family, Without realization, everything is separate and different. Without…
Nyogen Senzaki

‘When I mention Zen, some may think I am talking about something different from the general…
What I think about when I am riding

The day after I returned to California, I officiated a very small wedding out in the…
Yantou

‘One day, Yantou was talking with Xuefeng and Qinshan. Xuefeng suddenly pointed at a basin of…
Suzuki Roshi

‘The Buddhist way is beyond being and non-being. We know each colorful thread and we know…
Dogen

‘Together buddhas extend their hands; ancestors transmit to each other. Tell me, what do they transmit,…
Ta Hui

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