September 2021

Annie Murphy Paul

‘Actually the brain evolved in particular settings, mostly outside. It evolved to do things like sense…
Lisa Feldman Barrett

‘In the lectures Barrett gives to explain this model, she talks of the brain as a…
George Saunders

‘If we look at ourselves, we’re kind of set up to be these little Darwinian survivors.…
Suzuki Roshi

‘We have no existentialism, but in our Buddhist philosophy we this kind of interpretation of our…
Li Po

The birds have vanished from the sky. Now the last clouds drain away. …
Mountains and Waters Sutras

When I lived at Zen Center, I would eat lunch out in the courtyard every day…
Dogen

‘Some people think that buddha nature is like seeds of grass and trees: when dharma rain…
Shohaku Okumura

‘In the reality of Buddha’s life, we are connected with and supported by all things. The…
Willa Blythe Baker

‘If you sit still and watch your mind, everything that sleeps in your psyche and your…
Norman Fischer

‘If the bodhisattva realizes she or he could give up anything and everything because there is…