practice

  • Suzuki Roshi

    ‘I think we naturally need some way of life as a group and as Zen students…

  • First Rains

    People spoke of rain last week, but it didn’t  happen then. Now, the week the clocks…

  • Days Of Stillness

    I took a relatively short ride on Sunday morning last weekend; in the space of a…

  • Suzuki Roshi

    ‘I saw many people and many business men who were interested in Zen. I am quite…

  • Reflections On Turning Sixty

    I am usually pretty coy about my age; you could call it a lingering vanity. People…

  • Zongze

    ‘Once you have settled your posture and regulated your breathing, you should relax your abdomen. Do…

  • Hot

    This week we really did end up with a heatwave, perhaps the warmest week of the…

  • Leaving Home

    ‘Good son (good daughter), the source of mind is utterly still, the sea of Dharma  profoundly…

  • Heating Up

    Well, we had a mini-heatwave this week. On Sunday, when the forecast was good, I left…

  • Back In Hot Water

    Last weekend saw my first visit to Wilbur this year; they had decided not to have…