May 2019

Hakuun Yasutani

‘Five-precent sincerity is enough to begin with [to sit zazen]. If you were completely sincere, you…
Norman Fischer

‘I have always appreciated the fact that when you give a Zen talk, you make three…
Joyful Effort

Last weekend I spent time at both temples: on Saturday I offered the zazen instruction at…
Martin Buber

‘Because we cannot circle above all existence—sleepless, unbroken, boundless, glowing—we content ourselves with being submerged and…
Sekito Kisen

‘You can’t attain it this way. You can’t attain it not this way. Trying to attain…
Min Tanaka

I wish to dance what I am The non-existent self That which is not found in…
Damei

‘When Mazu heard that Damei lived on the mountain, he sent a monk to call upon…
Shohaku Okumura

‘Usually we start to study or practice because of some problem or question. When we are…
Revisiting Winter

I am fond of saying that I arrived to live in San Francisco during a heatwave,…
Rev. angel Kyodo williams

‘Everything I see, everything I say about liberation comes from this very dharma, the same dharma…