May 2021

Soko Morinaga

‘There is no way that you can exert yourself in this world without that exertion being…
Gary Snyder

There is no remedy for satisfying hunger other than a painted rice cake. —Dōgen, November, 1242.…
June French

‘A couple of decades of reading about Zen didn’t prepare me for the actual experience of…
Josho Pat Phelan

‘Many of the instructions for Zen meditation are directed to the physical details of our posture.…
Suzuki Roshi

‘The first paragraph is the framework of whole Buddhism. First paragraph: All—when all things are in…
Sylvia Boorstein

‘In a sermon the Buddha preached for his son, Rahula, he called for considering before, during,…
The Nature Of Wind

I feel a little self-conscious that when I write about my current life, the weather figures…
Nyogen Senzaki

‘Monks have no monopoly on Zen. Zen belongs to the world. Laymen and laywomen adherents shoud…
Xiangyan

I have a function Seen in the twinkling of an eye If others don’t know it…
Alison Gopnik

‘If you’re thinking about intelligence, there’s a real genuine tradeoff between your ability to explore as…