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  • Taiyuan Fu

    ‘One day the monk Baofu Congzhan was cutting a melon when Taiyuan Fu came up to…

  • bell hooks

    ‘Fundamentally, to begin the practice of love we must slow down and be still enough to…

  • In Another Place

    I came back to San Franciso on Friday – it continued to go differently to how…

  • Dogen

    ‘Students cannot gain enlightenment simply because they retain their preconceptions. Without knowing who taught them these…

  • Reb Anderson

    ‘When we are set free from the way we sign and package the world, we are…

  • angel Kyodo williams

    ‘You, just as you are, and your life right here and right now, are all there…

  • Jenny Allen

    Breathing in, I wash the dishes,Aware of their usefulness in holdingNourishing meals that have sustained my…

  • Issho Fujita

    ‘We, as ordinary human beings, are always seeking for something that will give us self satisfaction.…

  • Gesshin Greenwood

    ‘The only good advice I ever got about zazen or Zen practice in general is: “It…

  • Lama Rod Owens

    ‘When we reflect on the Buddha, we are reflecting on an example of a being who…