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  • Dogen

    ‘Is the Way attained through the mind or through the body? The teaching schools say that,…

  • Mumon

    With realization, all things are of one family; Without realization, everything is separate and different; Without…

  • The Mountain Seat

    Last weekend at Zen Center was, as expected, quite the occasion. I spent many hours there…

  • Anna Tims

    ‘To my surprise, I found death in the abstract more frightening than death personified in individuals…

  • Shohaku Okumura

    ‘Our practice is not a means to get rid of delusive thoughts. Being mindful of true…

  • Zenki Christian Dillo

    ‘While Western therapeutic approaches mostly give us strategies to feel less pain, Buddhism teaches us to…

  • bell hooks

    ‘To know love we have to tell the truth to ourselves and to others. Creating a…

  • Paula Arai

    ‘In a worldview where the interrelatedness of all things is the primary point of reference, healing…

  • Dogen

    Everyone admiresA graceful horseGalloping past the streaming sunlight,But few realize that this fleeting imageIs itself the…

  • Dale S. Wright

    ‘Although sometimes an “irreverent” critique exposes hollow ritual or presumptuous ceremony, it is as true today…