July 2022

Rengetsu

Even if a thoughtof the firefly grassdwindles,it may light up as a fireflyin a remote field.
Sekkei Harada

‘Master Dogen, founder of the Soto sect in Japan, said:“It isn’t that we do zazen; zazen…
Swimming In The Past

Being in England is inevitably a return to my past, the one I left twenty-two years…
Dogen

‘Dogen drew a circle in the air with his whisk, held up the whisk, and said: If…
Norman Fischer

‘Fundamentally, there is no morality and no immorality. Saying this may sound scary, as if anything…
Sharon Salzberg

‘Few people are powerful enough, persuasive, persistent, consistent, and charismatic enough to change the world all…
Yantou

Ruiyan asked Yantou, “What is the fundamental constant principle?”Yantou said, “Moving.”Ruiyan said, “When moving, what then?”Yantou…
Hakuin

The monkey reaches for the moon in the water,Until death overtakes him he’ll never give up.If…
Suzuki Roshi

‘First of all you enter, you know, you bow. The bow means to– we say gotai-tochi.…
The Hottest Day On Record

It’s fun to try to rewind in my mind what has happened since I last posted.…