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Suzuki Roshi
‘A monastery is not some particular place. Whether you can make Tassajara a monastery or not…
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Kosho Uchiyama
‘Whichever way we go, we just live the self which is only the self, and there…
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Shaking Off The Dust
Notwithstanding what I wrote a few days ago, October really is a great month in San…
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Lama Rod Owens
‘To hold space for our pain is a way that we begin to take care of…
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Yunmen
‘Yunmen once lived in a temple called the Chapel of Holy Trees. One morning a government…
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Dana Velden
‘Try to instill the habit of lingering in your life. Leave the urge to hurry on…
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Suzuki Roshi
‘If someone asks me: What is Prajna Paramita? I will answer: practice of zazen. If someone…
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In Place
The heatwave evaporated to be replaced by seasonally appropriate temperatures – from wandering around in shorts…
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Dogen
‘Studying the Buddha Dharma is most difficult to accomplish. Why is that? Even when people have…
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In Another Place
I came back to San Franciso on Friday – it continued to go differently to how…
