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  • Dai-En Bennage

    ‘The only reason I didn’t quit [monastic life], was because the pain in my heart was…

  • Cheri Huber

    ‘In this practice, we are encouraged to bring everything back to ourselves – because there is…

  • Kay Ryan

    We are alwaysreally carryinga ladder, but it’sinvisible. Weonly knowsomething’sthe matter:something preciouscrashes; easy doorsprove impassable.Or, in the…

  • Dale S. Wright

    ‘The feeling of reverence is an internal and silent celebration of being itself. The sensibilities that…

  • Suzuki Roshi

    ‘The buddha, in its true sense, is not just different, special one from ordinary man. So…

  • Shoji Nakamura

    ‘Chosin consists of arranging or controlling one’s mind through a process consisting of several stages. In…

  • Yin-shun

    ‘True appearances are not something that can be expressed by ordinary conceptions or everyday language. So…

  • Twenty-Five Hundred Strong

    WordPress helpfully keeps a tally of how many posts you have published, and today marks 2500,…

  • Joko Beck

    ‘Anyone who sits for any length of time sees that there is no past and no…

  • Dogen

    The true person isNot anyone in particular;But, like like the deep blue colourOf the limitless sky,It…