personal

  • Suzuki Roshi

    ‘A monastery is not some particular place. Whether you can make Tassajara a monastery or not…

  • Kosho Uchiyama

    ‘Whichever way we go, we just live the self which is only the self, and there…

  • Shaking Off The Dust

    Notwithstanding what I wrote a few days ago, October really is a great month in San…

  • Lama Rod Owens

    ‘To hold space for our pain is a way that we begin to take care of…

  • Yunmen

    ‘Yunmen once lived in a temple called the Chapel of Holy Trees. One morning a government…

  • Dana Velden

    ‘Try to instill the habit of lingering in your life. Leave the urge to hurry on…

  • Suzuki Roshi

    ‘If someone asks me: What is Prajna Paramita? I will answer: practice of zazen. If someone…

  • In Place

    The heatwave evaporated to be replaced by seasonally appropriate temperatures – from wandering around in shorts…

  • Dogen

    ‘Studying the Buddha Dharma is most difficult to accomplish. Why is that? Even when people have…

  • In Another Place

    I came back to San Franciso on Friday – it continued to go differently to how…