practice

  • Zuiko Redding

    ‘To use skillful means – beneficial action – means to see and consider before we act.…

  • Chan Master Sheng Yen

    ‘Every moment that makes up our life is a mere process of experiencing.‘ (There Is No Suffering)…

  • Samantabhadra’s Ten Vows

    To venerate all buddhas To praise all tathagatas To make offerings to all as Buddha To…

  • Suzuki Roshi

    ‘We help people just because we wish to, not because we think we will be successful.…

  • The Thinking Mind

    ‘Looking at the mind which is contemplated by any mind is giving up discursive thought. When…

  • Shodo Harada

    ‘In Zen we do not compliment and flatter and build someone up. In Zen we teach…

  • Expounding the Dharma

    ‘To expound the dharma with this body is foremost. The virtue returns to the ocean of…

  • Living In Vow

    On Monday I will be giving the first of four dharma talks in San Rafael. I…

  • Suzuki Roshi

    ‘People often think it would be best to study Zen in Japan, but this is rather…

  • Embodying The Dharma

    The second and last shuso ceremony of this season was at Green Gulch on Monday. Zachary…