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  • Tenzen David Zimmerman

    ‘Forgiveness, even self-forgiveness, is about recognizing that we are all flawed, karmically conditioned beings. We are…

  • Leslie Jamison

    ‘Achieving perfection is the most efficient way to discover how little it offers. According to [Paul]…

  • Fachang

    Wearing lotus leaves from this pond—inexhaustible. Eating pine nuts from several trees—still more left. Having been…

  • Koshin Paley Ellison

    ‘A long time ago in Japan, a monk went to his teacher in total distress. “I…

  • Suzuki Roshi

    ‘Anyway, if you want to realize what is Buddha Nature, some limitation is necessary. We say…

  • On The Horizon

    I am writing this on one of those warm windless evenings that may be a harbinger…

  • Joan Sutherland

    ‘In moments of revelation, what are the qualities of light that are so powerful? There’s the…

  • Caoshan

    Caoshan, Great Master Yuanzheng, was asked by a monk, “From the scriptures we learn that an…

  • Jamie Lee Curtis

    ‘I believe that we have wiped out a generation or two of natural human [appearance]. The…

  • Ryokan

    The wind has settled, the blossoms have fallen;Birds sing, the mountains grow dark – This is…