practice

  • Upcoming Teachings

    With the various talks and ceremonies out of the way, my attention turns to the upcoming…

  • New Name and Robe

    Over the years a few people have asked me about receiving the precepts. Since I have…

  • About Time

    The Dogen study group is looking at the Continuous Practice fascicle, as you will see from…

  • Overnight Rain

    My two talks in the last week went well enough. The Sunday morning online talk to…

  • Lung-ya

    ‘A monk asked Lung-ya: “What did old masters attain when they entered the ultimate stage?” He…

  • Upcoming Attractions

    With the turning of the seasons, I seem to be in the midst of bookings and…

  • Spring Greens

    The highlight of the week was undoubtedly going down to Tassajara on Monday for the Shuso…

  • Sun and Rain

    This week was quite something in the weather stakes. The weekend had been perfectly nice, and…

  • Longer Days

    We have passed through the clock change and the Spring Equinox, and it is starting to…

  • Cycles

    The week of the clock change started well: it was bright on Sunday, I had an…