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  • Yen Shou

    ‘Turning against present awareness, you lose the essence of your own mind; pursuing comparative and wrong…

  • Sekkei Harada

    ‘It is a splendid thing to dwell within causes and conditions as they are.’ (Unfathomable Depths) To…

  • New Forms

    This is about the midpoint of my visit, and after the constant movement of last week,…

  • Gesshin Greenwood

    ‘In my experience, there is a lot of basic trust involved in Buddhist practice. First of…

  • Nyogen Senzaki

    ‘This meditation hall is sometimes quite warm in the summer, and somewhat cold even in early…

  • Juzhi

    (Zen Speaks) This is one of the best-known zen stories, and here it is in its…

  • Like A Turtle 

    The weather turned damp once I moved on from Hereford on Friday; I walked between the…

  • Suzuki Roshi

    ‘I don’t necessarily want to give a lecture. I just want to live with you: moving…

  • Shoushan

    ‘Shoushan said to the assembly, “If you attain at the first phrase, you will be teacher…

  • Kobun Chino

    ‘I have spoken many times about posture, which is one third of the sitting position, but…