June 2023

Some Summer Heat

At Wilbur last weekend, I was reminiscing a little about other times I had been there…
Suzuki Roshi

‘People say to study Zen is difficult, but there is some misunderstanding why it is difficult.…
Jianzhi

The thirty-first patriarch, Zen Master Dayi Daoxin, bowed to the Great Master Jianzhi and said, “I…
The Iron Flute

When Mu-chou and a strange monk passed each other on the road, Mu-chou called, “Venerable Sir!”…
Rosen Takashina

‘Stillness in the midst of action is the fundamental principle of Zazen (sitting in meditation). Some…
Daochuan

Billions of offerings to buddhas create boundless benefaction.How can it compare to reading an ancient teaching?Yet,…
Anna Wiener

‘Language can contain an entire world, revealing its speakers’ history, values, or pathologies. It can also…
Summer Retreat

Planning for this year’s summer getaway to Humboldt began months ago, as we established which three-day…
Shodo Harada

‘We have to peel off layer after layer of self-conscious awareness–not try to become something we…
Daoxin

‘The hundred thousand gates of the Buddhadharma, they all return to this mind. The source of…