November 2020

Gudo Nishijima

‘Devotion to Dharma is devotion to the Universe itself. The Universe has its order, its beauty,…
Genro

Sages and mediocrities. . . Donkeys and horses . . . All of them pull you…
Brad Warner

‘As far as I’m concerned if someone wants to call themselves a “Zen Buddhist” I will…
Joan Sutherland

‘A lot has been said about walking the path of awakening, so I’ll mention just one…
Thankful

Even after twenty years, I still don’t do Thanksgiving like those who were born here (it…
Dogen

‘An old buddha [Hongzhi] said, “Reach over to grasp what’s there, and bring its workings right…
Suzuki Roshi

‘Student: I am so grateful to you and Tassajara and Zen Center that I’d like to…
Red Pine

‘None of the things that fill our lives is by itself false. It is only our…
Tao-ch’uan

Searching for attributes is wrong Seeing no form is like death Don’t ask if it’s vast…
Soko Morinaga

‘In the Japanese language, determination is composed of two ideographs that carry the respective meanings “to…