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  • Nishiari Bokusan

    ‘In general, when the old teachers presented their essential teaching, they each had one phrase that…

  • Matthieu Ricard

    ‘Q: Why does a Buddhist monk need an Apple Watch?  A: I walk in the forest.…

  • Larry Yang

    May I be loving, open, and aware in this moment;If I cannot be loving, open, and…

  • Han-shan

    Snow piles up against my door; at night I tend the stove This body is here…

  • Kosho Uchiyama

    ‘Practicing zazen is the true gate to playing in this samadhi of the self that is…

  • Landmarks

    Not for the first time, I spent Christmas week at someone else’s house, looking after a…

  • Sekito Kisen

    ‘You can’t attain it this way. You can’t attain it not this way. Trying to attain…

  • Shodo Harada

    ‘We cannot say that the mind is empty and then try to guard that state of…

  • Suzuki Roshi

    ‘This kind of practice is true practice. Or else there will not be no need to…

  • Pico Iyer

    ‘I think my greatest teacher is silence. Silence seems to dissolve me and open me up…