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  • New Places, New Habits

    Camille, who I have known through Zen Center since my earliest days there, had a lovely…

  • Joshua Rothman

    ‘In everyday life, the biggest obstacle to metacognition is what psychologists call the “illusion of fluency.”…

  • Gesshu Soko

    Sucking up the boundless seaexposes the dragon below. The stream of Soto Zenflows uphill. Awake at…

  • Brad Warner

    ‘I’m often pretty disgusted with some of the things I see passing for Zen. I’ve been…

  • Corey Ichigen Hess

    ‘I’m trying to get you to interact directly with reality.  It is as if we have…

  • Dogen

    ‘Do not regard great enlightenment as becoming a buddha, returning to the source, and manifesting a…

  • Kobun Chino

    ‘From the very first zazen, even if you live full of delusions and problems from the…

  • Bruce Tift

    ‘We can never solve our lives. Life is not a thing that can be broken and…

  • A Chiden Drawer

    Moving is a pretty exhausting business. The movers came on Friday, and were skilful enough to…

  • Keizan Jokin

    Motionless, the lone boat sails through the moonlight. Looking around, the reeds on the bank have…