practice
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Shinshu Roberts
‘When I first began to practice, I really wanted to be the doan, a person who hits…
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Shohaku Okumura
‘The Heart Sutra says, “Form is emptiness and emptiness is form.” Logically, form is not empty and emptiness…
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The Practice of Zazen
‘Japanese monastic practice purposefully challenges the distinction between ceremony and meaning, between bodily form and understanding,…
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Kobun Chino
‘One period of sitting is not your own sitting. You may feel it is your sitting,…
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Suzuki Roshi
‘So if you think enlightenment is just a personal experience, this idea of enlightenment is like…
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Bands of Rain
On Friday I was teaching on the Peninsula in the morning, before heading up to Wilbur.…
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Gesshin Greenwood
‘Whenever I see a monk or nun in robes, I feel encouraged. It reminds me that…
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Here The Way Unfolds
Rohatsu sesshin finished last week at City Center and Green Gulch (Tassajara always follows its own timing…
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Shohaku Okumura
‘When we have full understanding that each of us is living together with all beings, interconnected,…
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Chiang Wei-nung
‘The ten directions are all within the sky. But actually they are all within a single…
Shundo David Haye - Zen Priest 