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  • Better

    The past week has been, as most people round these parts say, intense. For sure, nobody…

  • Robert Aitken

    Hearing the crickets at night I vow with all beings to find my place in the…

  • Lingzhao

    ‘Layman Pang was sitting in his thatched cottage one day, studying the sutras. “Difficult, difficult, difficult,”…

  • Suzuki Roshi

    ‘Even if you sit alone in the zendo, you are helping others.’ (from the Suzuki Roshi archives)…

  • Brad Warner

    ‘Every time you get lost in some train of thought, your posture will change according to…

  • Everything Is Burning

    As anyone who lives locally knows, the Bay Area is sitting under a cloud of smoke…

  • The Tenth Grave Precept

    I vow not to disparage the Three Treasures. (Zen Center) Experience the intimacy of things. Do…

  • Tetsugen Bernie Glassman

    I was sad to read that Tetsugen Bernie Glassman had died. His role in the expansion…

  • angel Kyodo williams

    ‘Beings are numberless. With practice I promise to notice them and see that there is no…

  • Roxane Gay

    ‘Every single day there is a new, terrifying, preventable tragedy fomented by a president and an…