December 2025

Chan Master Shen Yeng

‘Like repentance, practicing gratitude and transferring merit are useful for reducing self-centeredness and vexation during retreat…
An Able Person

In the comic book version of the Zen stories that I sometimes refer to, when Huineng…
Suzuki Roshi

‘Question (Ed Brown): I don’t understand what I have done. Suzuki Roshi: Why is it necessary…
Nataliaya Gumenyuk

‘The David-and-Goliath story is deeply archetypal, and for most people it is hard to imagine anyone…
Hongzhi

I see no cold or heat whatsoever.The great ocean has just dried up.I tell you we…
Low Sun and Full Moon

When we get to Thanksgiving, I always somehow get the impression that Christmas is just around…
Shodo Harada

‘The Dharma is bright and clear with nothing to hide. Some realize this quickly, and some…
Suzuki Roshi

‘When our mind is calm in its true sense, nothing can disturb us.’ I don’t have…
Dogen

‘lt is only for about two thousand and some years that Shakyamuni’s teaching has permeated the…
Kaira Jewel Lingo

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