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  • Daochuan

    Billions of offerings to buddhas create boundless benefaction. How can it compare to reading an ancient…

  • Sunshine Days

    I leave for England in two and a half weeks, and I do seem to have…

  • The Wind Blows Through The Empty Valley

    Last week was by and large mercifully fog free in San Francisco, warm and with clear…

  • To the Top of the City

    Coming into this weekend, I felt like I had a lot of time and space –…

  • Lou Hartman

    ‘You can’t stop your mind – I think we have all realised that. But you can…

  • A Blast Of Summer Weather

    My habit has been to schedule Roaming Zen alternately on Saturdays and Sundays, as some of…

  • The Morning Schedule

    In the end, I woke up very early on Saturday morning, bothered by back pain, so…

  • Pale Blue Skies

    In this year of mutable weather, I was not especially surprised that it was cooler during…

  • Buddha Work

    In the Tassajara shop, there was (and probably still is) a sign hanging behind the main…

  • The Intimacy of Sangha

    After my nourishing week in the mountains, and a turn-around in the city just long enough…