November 2018

Blanche Hartman

This is a repost, but when I was looking for words I had written about Blanche…
Katagiri Roshi

‘Spiritual practice must be carried out quietly and calmly because a passage to freedom opens to…
Shodo Harada

‘Where this idea of enlightenment often becomes a problem is when everyone reads the writings of…
Asan

‘When Master Hakuin was invited to the town of Shinano, an enlightened laywoman by the name…
Hongzhi

‘Your body sits silently; your mind quiescent, unmoving. Your mouth is so still that moss grows…
Shoei Andro

Poetry Takes you to the bottom Of the heart; Zen Knocks the bottom Out. (Djinn…
A Rainbow over the Golden Gate

Rain arrived as forecast on Wednesday, and it felt like a deliverance. The air was markedly…
Chi-fo

‘Although “nirvana”, “tathagata”, and “the diamond prajna-paramita” are different names, they are all uncreated dharmas. Created…
Joanna Macy

‘The great open secret of gratitude is that it is not dependent on external circumstance. It’s…
Dogen

‘Life in this very moment right now is the pivotal state of enlightenment. The pivotal state…