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  • Going Places

    Often when I give zazen instruction, I end up saying something about airports. The gist of…

  • Roaming Zen

    All year I have been trying to figure out how to get Mount Davidson into a…

  • Torei

    ‘Mature or not, it’s all a matter of long-term practice. One should progress in study as…

  • Home runs

    I had been looking forward to getting some runs in while I was in England; I…

  • Landing

    I packed a lot into seventeen days in England – a couple of train trips, twelve…

  • Roaming Zen – Rain Stops Play

    It was a little surprising to come back from two and a half weeks in England…

  • Blanche Hartman

    ‘Find your home wherever you are. This means to realize that wherever you are is home,…

  • The skies above

    ‘A bird flies in the sky, and no matter how far it flies, there is no…

  • Chögyam Trungpa

    ‘Q: Would you care to sum up the purpose of meditation? A: Well, meditation is dealing…

  • An Anniversary Reflection

    Emperor Wu asked Bodhidharma, ‘I have built many monasteries, and supported many monks in their practice.…