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  • This Very Beginner’s Mind

    I have a new commute these days, to a different part of the East Bay, on…

  • Between the clouds

    July is generally fog season in San Francisco, but this year we are having more sunshine…

  • Mumon Yamada

    ‘Ordinary people are out working so they carry on their daily lives without thinking that their…

  • Dogen

    ‘If you already have no attachments, how could you have any disgust?’ (Tenzokyokun) Another gem from Dogen…

  • One Thousand Strong

    WordPress helpfully tallies up how many posts I have published, and this one will be the…

  • Rinzai

    ‘Don’t continue on with thoughts that have already arisen, and don’t arouse any that have not…

  • Zenkei Blanche Hartman

    ‘The first time I heard Suzuki Roshi speak, he said, “You are perfect just as you…

  • Connection in dark times

    When, for a few days last week, it looked like I wouldn’t be getting up to…

  • Abiding with the four elements

    ‘The four elements return to their natures just as a child turns to its mother; Fire…

  • Suzuki Roshi

    ‘Before we open our mouths, we are already expressing the big existence, including ourselves.’ (Zen Mind, Beginner’s…