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Poem from Behind the Fence Part I by Choki

I. I saw myself today, almost for the first time? The ego? The super-ego? Just words. The deep-rooted character I play; the ultimate...

Constancy (Zen Mind, Beginners Mind) page 83 Comments by Wilbur Mushin Sensei

Dozan’s landscape is famous for its misty mountains and rivers. But when you go there, you see only rocks and water. Empty of all...

Zen and Ethics in Business and in Life Part II…Know the Truth

Browsing my email this morning I came across a discussion digest from a wonderful organization that I belong to, Association for...

A Distorted View of Indivuality

A Distorted View of Individuality, by M. Horaku Each of us and everything around us is a beautiful, complete manifestation of the Silent...

Do Not Kill

Remember the first of the Ten Grave Precepts? “Do not kill.” While this translation is easier for Western people to grasp, the Japanese...

Kathleen Shokai Bishop Tokudo Ceremony, December 7, 2013

Yesterday was December 7, 2013 Pearl Harbor Day a fortuitous day in American History and a day of silent meditation for those who lost...

“Whole Mind” from Meditations by Thanissaro Bhikkhu (Geoffrey DeGraff)

In Thai, they have a word for practice–patibat–which also means looking after someone, to attend to someone’s needs. In the practice of...

The comings and goings of everyday mind…

I am reading this wonderful new book by Kazuaki Tanahashi and Peter Levitt titled The Essential Dogen Writings of the Great Zen Master....

The world goes round and round

The world goes round and round and every so often something comes back into your life most unexpectedly. This, for me, is just another...