September 2022

Qinglin

‘The essential teaching of the ancestors is proceeding right now. The Dharma is apparent. What other…
Suzuki Roshi

‘When you have some pain in your legs, you will wonder what will happen to you…
Zadie Smith

‘The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there. Many in England are fond of…
Sharon Salzberg

‘Sometimes change takes a long time. We’re not going to see immediate results, so we need…
Kosho Uchiyama

‘We would all prefer happiness to misery, paradise to hell, survival to immediate death. We are…
Xuedou

The World-Honored One has intimate language Mahakashyapa does not conceal it. Night rain causes the blossoms…
Joko Beck

‘If you push for samadhi as a goal, you may achieve a kind of emptiness, but…
Equinox

The unseasonal clouds and rain finally moved on. After spectacular skies on Sunday, which I wrote…
Francis Sanzaro

‘I realized the main thing preventing a more intimate connection to the natural world was concept…
Dogen

‘One time mountains are flowing, another time they are not flowing. If you do not fully…