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  • Jakusho Kwong

    Night dies into day. Day dies into night. Exhaling is intimate with loss, Inhaling I am…

  • Yunju

    ‘Yunju once saw a monk silently reading a sutra in his room. He asked the monk…

  • Suzuki Roshi

    ‘Student: When does my life express the Dharma and when does it not? Suzuki Roshi: When…

  • Hui-neng

    ‘Enlightenment and ignorance are seen by ordinary people as two, while the wise realize their essential…

  • Katagiri Roshi

    ‘We use the terms universal effort and individual effort, but actually there is no gap between…

  • Dogen

    ‘Monks’ actions are endeavor in the cloud hall [monks’ hall], bowing in the buddha hall, and…

  • Summer Times

    The fog switch has been flipping on and off again – after the previous weekend, we…

  • Enkyo O’Hara

    Stupid, stupid, stupid How delightful is my stupidity! Once I recognize it and come back to…

  • Angie Boissevain

    ‘Zazen practice brings us back to our only-ness, our aloneness, our oneness. It helps us face…

  • Thich Nhat Hanh

    ‘If we are washing dishes and thinking of others who are enjoying themselves doing nothing, we…