May 2022

Maintenance

The long Memorial Day weekend was quite the mixed bag in terms of weather. I had…
Katagiri Roshi

‘When we live in the vow we constantly live in our lives, seeking our own true…
Yuishun

Why, it’s but the motion of eyes and brows!And here I’ve been seeking it far and…
Kaira Jewel Lingo

‘When I was practicing as a nun in the Plum Village community, a… question arose while…
Suzuki Roshi

‘Student: Docho Roshi, let me see who I am. [Pause] To die each moment to be…
National Karma

The Sandy Hook shootings took place a couple of weeks before my shuso ceremony at Tassajara,…
Corey Ichigen Hess

‘How could I penetrate the mysteries of movement, connection, transparency? The books never described it the…
May Days

We do finally seem to have lumbered on to the left shoulder of summer, and none…
Zenju Earthlyn Manuel

‘When I would walk about under the influence of the atmosphere of stillness and the teachings,…
Keizan Jokin

This field I’ve plowed and sownhas been bought and soldbut it’s always new:look at the young…