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Nothing in this World Frightens Me
Greetings!
It’s Leo season (how is it the over 50% of people I know are Leos?) I have had the joy of some travel over the past month—Mud Lotus Sangha …
1 day, 8 hours ago
equanimity's full range
Greetings Friends,
I have been reflecting on the art of living a life of attention and intention. This is an art form I have dedicated much of my life…
1 month ago
the size of awakening?
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Happy Solstice! Here in the northern hemisphere it is the longest day of the year, one of two days of the year where the sun appear…
1 month ago
Let the soft animal of your body, love what it loves
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Happy New Moon! This past week we explored the Hidden Lamp Case 21: Linji Meets the Old Woman Driving the Ox.
Linji Meets the Old Wo…
1 month, 1 week ago
Shadeless Trees
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We are moving through this wonderful collection of encounters with Buddhist Women found in the book The Hidden Lamp for our Summer …
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Actualizing Care, Recognizing Beauty
Greetings and Happy Early Summer!
We are continuing our Summer Read of the Hidden Lamp again this year. Every week we will explore a different koan st…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Not-knowing is Love
Greetings Friends,
I am returning from the Light of the Ancestors Sesshin at Great Vow Zen Monastery and feeling deep gratitude for this path of pract…
2 months ago
In Praise of Poetry
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I’m a lover of poetry. A sometimes writer of poems. A sometimes reader. Poetry for me is more of a way of being, a willingness to b…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Encounters with the Stone Woman
One of the figures that we encounter in the Zen literature is the stone woman. In the Precious Mirror Samadhi we find her dancing, in another story s…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Circling Back to Ourselves
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Happy April Fool’s Day!
Last week I had the opportunity to co-facilitate a Zen sesshin in the mountains of West Virginia at Saranam…
3 months, 3 weeks ago