November 2021

Rosy-Fingered Dawns

Thanksgiving could be a mixed bag at Zen Center. The food was always exceptional – the…
Dogen

‘Monks in zazen do not turn their heads to look and see who is entering or…
Michio Mado

When I came back home on a rainy day,A cleaning rag was waiting for me in…
Kodo Sawaki

‘It’s an idea of the mind to believe that the ego can escape itself and project…
Dale S. Wright

‘As the Buddhist tradition evolved, relations between the two basic types of meditation were worked out…
Reasons To Be Cheerful

After my last teaching session on Wednesday, I went out to pick up my weekly bread…
Shohaku Okumura

‘When we don’t see the reality of our lives, we are ignorant of impermanence, egolessness, that…
The Stars Align

This week I have a sense of things easing up for Thanksgiving – at least I…
Hui-Neng

‘Freedom from form means detachment from forms in the midst of form. Freedom from thought means…
Jane Hirshfield

You must try, the voice said, to become colder. I understood at once. It’s like the…