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  • Getting Things Done

    As it happens, I still haven’t really started working on the photos from my trip beyond…

  • Suzuki Roshi

    ‘When I start to talk, it is already a smoky kerosene lamp. As long as I…

  • Joshu

    (Zen Speaks) I posted a different version of this story a while ago, but I have…

  • Landing

    I am now at the stage of my trip where I summon up the energy to…

  • Katagiri Roshi

    ‘Your life constantly gives you a chance, a great opportunity to touch the truth. If you…

  • Sitting and Flying

    In Belfast, I started to have the sense of my trip coming to its close, though…

  • Uchiyama Roshi

    ‘You should just sit without thinking anything. To support this, living in a monastery is convenient.…

  • Time and Place

    When my father moved to Cornwall, during the years I lived in London more than two…

  • Tahui

    ‘When you study this Path, before you’ve gained an entry, it feels endlessly difficult. When you…

  • Reb Anderson

    ‘When we are set free from the way we sign and package the world, we are…