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  • Corey Ichigen Hess

    ‘Doing this creative, natural standing practice was a gateway for me to open up.  I started…

  • Yvonne Rand

    ‘Harry Roberts was a teacher who worked with many of us involved in planting the garden…

  • Here We Are

    There has been a heat wave this past week in San Francisco. That’s unusual enough for…

  • Soko Morinaga

    ‘Information collected on the subject of religion is worthless. Religion is, to the very end, something…

  • Plans

    At the beginning of the year, it looked like I would have a conflict this week.…

  • Norman Fischer

    ‘Trying to practice love and compassion, and letting go of anger, doesn’t mean acquiescing when harm…

  • The Blue Cliff Record

    ‘The master of Lotus Flower Peak cottage held out his staff and said to his disciples,…

  • Tao-ch’uan

    ‘When you’re in the ocean, why search for water? When you’re on the peak, why look…

  • Dogen

    ‘When you move mountains, rivers and earth, as well as the sun, the moon, and stars…

  • San Francisco Summer

    We have had some pretty heavy-duty fog these past couple of weeks in San Francisco. It’s…