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  • Deborah Landau

    So whatever’s the opposite of a Buddhist that’s what I am. Kindhearted, yes, but knee deep…

  • Katagiri Roshi

    ‘Dogen constantly emphasizes that practice is shikan. Shikan is just wholeheartedness; it is experience, so practice is experience.…

  • Jenny Odell

    ‘Last week, after a meeting, I took the F streetcar from Civic Center to the Ferry…

  • Suzuki Roshi

    ‘What I want to talk about now is how to orient your mind in practice. For…

  • The Best Of Times

    As someone who still usually wakes up at monk-o-clock, I appreciate how early it gets light…

  • Soko Morinaga

    ‘Many people are willing to learn techniques that help them live their lives. But the person…

  • Robin Wall Kimmerer

    ‘To be heard, you must speak the language of the one you want to listen… To…

  • Dogen

    Mountains and rivers intimately transmit the power of mountains and rivers. From the outset the self…

  • Nyogen Senzaki

    ‘I am now sowing some inconspicuous Dharma seeds, and I will likewise end my life in…

  • Duncan Ryuken Williams

    ‘Our liberation is actually not about transcending or distancing ourselves from trauma or pain and suffering,…