November 2025

Ap Dijksterhuis

‘One of the most marvellous properties of the brain is its ability to continue working unconsciously…
José Antonio Rodriguez

A bird sings and I don’t know its name.The branch on which it perches sways with…
Low Sun

I was going to title this post something like ‘getting back to normal,’ but then I…
Suzuki Roshi

‘So to appreciate things and people, we should be– our minds should be calm and pure…
Shokei

One of the monks had just come back from his pilgrimage when Master Shokei asked him,…
Katagiri Roshi

‘So reality in life is a little bit of a state of human life. Prior you…
Yvonne Rand

‘I was thinking this morning as I was writing out a list of the names of…
Louis Menand

‘On January 20th, his first day back in office, Donald Trump issued an executive order titled…
Fukushu Gozubi

Our meal is boiled foxtail millet, reaped from the mountain fields,For vegetables we have faded yellow…
Dogen

‘At the assembly of a million beings on Vulture Peak, the World-Honored One held up an…