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Jenny Allen
Breathing in, I wash the dishes,Aware of their usefulness in holdingNourishing meals that have sustained my…
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Katagiri Roshi
‘We have to live our lives in the complete realisation that we are already forgiven, that…
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Some Words About Zazen
After my Monday group had discussed Suzuki Roshi’s 1967 sesshin lecture last week, I reflected on…
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George Saunders
‘For the most part, just looking at my own heart, when I’ve been in sync with…
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Suzuki Roshi
‘Our concentration is not the usual concentration, you know. Concentration means usually to be– we say…
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Shohaku Okumura
‘Reality itself is also a teaching. All beings in this universe – trees, leaves, and animals…
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Lydia Polgreen
‘Last Sunday night, I wandered over to the federal courthouse in Manhattan where Maduro would appear…
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Jorie Graham
there is suddennessto all surfaces—in the fieldsforwardness isensnared, & allstops. The lawnis a god. A door…
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Winter Light
The continued clear weather has been good for morale, even as the week held various challenges.…
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Kokei
Master Kokei was asked by Master Fuketsu, “When Buddhism was destroyed [in China, A.D. 845), where…
