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  • Suzuki Roshi

    ‘If you can just appreciate each thing, one by one, then you will have pure gratitude.…

  • Smoke and the Water

    Going offline is not very taxing for me. I have done it for months at a…

  • Sunday poem

    The breeze in the oaks The breeze in the pines Are they the same or different?

  • This Land is Our Land

    These days, instead of getting up early in the morning to sit, I tend to stay…

  • What I think about when I am riding

    About a month ago I felt like I had hit the sweet spot. After many months of…

  • Wedding and Water

    These are the days of fragile sunshine in San Francisco, so I was glad to be…

  • Birth – Death – Nirvana

    On Sunday, Zen Center hosted Blanche’s funeral service. It was not surprising to see a great…

  • Roaming Zen

    This Saturday sees the last in the first season of Roaming Zen. I have been very…

  • What I think about when I am running

    I did not get the chance to run while I was at Tassajara – or perhaps…

  • Sunday Poem

    If you have time to chatter, Read books. If you have time to read, Walk into…