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  • Hui Chao

    The summit of the peak of the mystic crossingIs not the human world;Outside the mind there…

  • Kodo Sawaki

    ‘What we call the Way is the imprint of the footsteps of the sages of the…

  • Pauline Petchey

    ‘Phillip [Wilson] asked Suzuki Roshi why do Japanese make their tea cups so thin and delicate…

  • Dogen

    ‘We have seen the standard by which, since ancient times, the Buddhist patriarchs have not spent…

  • Suzuki Roshi

    ‘So we say “compassion” or “Buddhism,” but actually for true Buddhism there is no name–no  name…

  • Teachings

    This week I have a new teaching event, at a location I haven’t taught at before,…

  • Ocean Vuong

    ‘When I see cruelty, I look closer and I say, Where is this coming from? A…

  • Soan Nakagawa

    Looking for serenityyou have cometo the monastery. Looking for serenityI am leaving the monastery. Kwatz! Stop…

  • Koshin Paley Ellison

    ‘Being receptive to life is a place of practice. There is great power to be found…

  • Suzuki Roshi

    Suzuki-roshi: Anyway, everything that we are doing is candy. Candy is the most important food actually.…