SANGHA BLOG

Joy, the Fundamental Condition of Existence

In a recent public talk, Thich Nhat Hanh quoted a poem attributed to the Buddha: All formations are impermanent. They are subject to...

Beginning the Way

By Donald D. Like in anything in life you must start at the beginning. That is a true fact in life. Even though it may seem there are...

What Is Faith Really For

by Horaku Sitting on the cushion the other day I realized that I had absolutely no idea what I was doing there in the first place. Why...

A Tribute to Manjusri

By Jozan I have been contemplating my most recent drawing for a while now. Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Prajna (wisdom) rides his lion...

Tree

By Kogetsu Beautiful lovely tree You stand so tall and free I wish like you I could be Do you suffer dear tree The winds come, the storms...

One Man's Journey Home

By Kaishin Recently I contemplated the zen teaching that reality is an illusion. What I see and experience appear to be true, but there...

Reality vs. Illusion

By Mitchell M. Recently I contemplated the zen teaching that reality is an illusion. What I see and experience appear to be true, but...

Freedom in Zen Mind

By Shoko To be free in Zen Mind, Is to see that my current incarceration will one day come to an end. It has never been, nor could be...

What is Zen?

by Jakuho Zazen is very much a physical practice: the body is never an insignificant detail, as if meditation were a matter of mind and...

Metta Meditation

by Myoka The Metta Sutra, according to legend, came about after the Buddha sent his monks into the forest to meditate during the rainy...