personal

  • James Joyce

    ‘Any object, intensely regarded, may be a gate of access to the incorruptible eon of the…

  • A Mixed Bag

    It doesn’t feel that there has been much to write about; maybe that is just a…

  • Taigen Dan Leighton

    ‘Inspired by [the] Flower Ornament Sutra, the Chinese Huayan teachers were able to articulate a profound dialectical…

  • Ashwani Peetush

    ‘I should again like to note the overlap of the way in which a rejection of…

  • The Diamond Sutra

    ‘Therefore then, Subhuti, the Bodhisattva, the great being, should produce an unsupported thought, i.e. a thought…

  • August

    I notice to my chagrin, especially when I wake up at five rather than six, that…

  • Suzuki Roshi

    ‘Whether we feel good or bad, the truth is truth. We have to try to accept…

  • The Lotus Sutra

    ‘At that time the World-honored One, rising quietly and clearly from contemplation, addressed Shariputra: “The wisdom…

  • Replenishment

    Going into the weekend, I realised that it was only the second one I have been…

  • Getting Away

    Last weekend saw the third annual visit of some of my students to Chuck’s ranch in…