January 2026

Suzuki Roshi

‘Our concentration is not the usual concentration, you know. Concentration means usually to be– we say…
Shohaku Okumura

‘Reality itself is also a teaching. All beings in this universe – trees, leaves, and animals…
Lydia Polgreen

‘Last Sunday night, I wandered over to the federal courthouse in Manhattan where Maduro would appear…
Jorie Graham

there is suddennessto all surfaces—in the fieldsforwardness isensnared, & allstops. The lawnis a god. A door…
Winter Light

The continued clear weather has been good for morale, even as the week held various challenges.…
Kokei

Master Kokei was asked by Master Fuketsu, “When Buddhism was destroyed [in China, A.D. 845), where…
Suzuki Roshi

‘Usually, because we do something with some aim and we want to do something [in a]…
Henry Shukman

‘Imagine that you’re gazing out at the world. Or notice that you actually are gazing out…
Dogen

‘In picturing spring we should not picture willows, apricot trees, peach trees, and plum trees; we…
Alexa E. Albert

‘In “There’s a Cure for Our Attraction to Narcissistic Leaders” (Opinion guest essay, Jan. 4), Adam…