personal
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What I think about when I am riding
About a month ago I felt like I had hit the sweet spot. After many months of…
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Sunday poem
In the somnolent midday heat Tirelessly the creek still runs The breeze still plays in the…
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Isshu Miura
‘Our great masters of olden times have described the experience [of kensho] in various ways. One…
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Radical Dharma
‘The most important thing to unpack is what would draw people into this ever-deepening path? What…
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Wedding and Water
These are the days of fragile sunshine in San Francisco, so I was glad to be…
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Think of not thinking
This is what I was referring to in yesterday’s post: A few years ago I met…
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Birth – Death – Nirvana
On Sunday, Zen Center hosted Blanche’s funeral service. It was not surprising to see a great…
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A Sick and Sorry Mess
Lou Hartman did not give many talks in his later years, but when he did, they…
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Opening the Hand of Thought
A few times this year I have been asked how to bring practice into the realm…
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Adyashanti
‘A spiritual teaching is a finger pointing toward Reality; it is not Reality itself. To be in a true…
Shundo David Haye - Zen Priest 