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  • Jenny Allen

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

  • Katagiri Roshi

    ‘We have to live our lives in the complete realisation that we are already forgiven, that…

  • Some Words About Zazen

    After my Monday group had discussed Suzuki Roshi’s 1967 sesshin lecture last week, I reflected on…

  • George Saunders

    ‘For the most part, just looking at my own heart, when I’ve been in sync with…

  • Suzuki Roshi

    ‘Our concentration is not the usual concentration, you know. Concentration means usually to be– we say…

  • Shohaku Okumura

    ‘Reality itself is also a teaching. All beings in this universe – trees, leaves, and animals…

  • Lydia Polgreen

    ‘Last Sunday night, I wandered over to the federal courthouse in Manhattan where Maduro would appear…

  • Jorie Graham

    there is suddennessto all surfaces—in the fieldsforwardness isensnared, & allstops. The lawnis a god. A door…

  • Winter Light

    The continued clear weather has been good for morale, even as the week held various challenges.…

  • Kokei

    Master Kokei was asked by Master Fuketsu, “When Buddhism was destroyed [in China, A.D. 845), where…