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  • Step By Step

    As I mentioned the other day, when I moved into my previous place, it was the…

  • Dogen

    ‘The family style of all buddhas and ancestors is to first arouse the vow to save…

  • Zenju Earthlyn Manuel

    ‘Multiplicity in oneness does not mean that preferences, opinions, likes, dislikes, or even hate cease to…

  • Shuho Myocho

    Having once penetrated the cloud barrier, The living road opens out north, east, south, and west.…

  • Nyogen Senzaki

    ‘I appreciate your enthusiasm in copying my lectures and keeping them, but remember that I speak…

  • Surrounded By Boxes

    September has a feeling of change about it, and this year is no exception. The lingering…

  • Keizan Jokin

    ‘People, try for a moment to look carefully without scattering your mind all over the place…

  • Suzuki Roshi

    ‘Zen student is not, you know, so expressive, you know. Mostly they keep silent. They do…

  • Lama Rod Owens

    ‘We have to understand that at some point we have to develop an attitude of needing…

  • Norman Fischer

    ‘The basic technique for concentration involves bringing the mind to the object of concentration and patiently…