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May 2023

May 20, 2023

Saint Lucifer: A Buddhist Meditation on a Name

I noticed how today, the 20th of May, is a feast for...

March 2023

March 28, 2023

(Zen) Buddhism and the Coming Revolution

(Zen) Buddhism and the Coming Revolution Gary Snyder I first shared this essay four or...

February 2020

February 15, 2020

Enter Christmas Humphreys, Western Buddhist Ancestor

Travers Christmas Humphreys was born In Ealing, Middlesex, England, on this day, the...

November 2019

November 20, 2019

Introducing Zen Buddhism: Some Brief Online Resources

Dear Laurie, It was wonderful meeting you at our Tuesday evening gathering for zazen....

October 2019

October 27, 2019

A Brief Introduction to the Soto School of Zen

As we're working on our Empty Moon website we quickly saw a...

October 25, 2019

Toward a Circumscribed Relativism: Another Mind Bubble from an Aging Western Zen Priest

"The disparity between common Japanese religious practices and belief-centric views of religion...

October 24, 2019

What’s In a Word: A Small Meditation on Who is and Who is Not a Buddhist

Buddhism. Buddhism is a subject dear to my heart. And. Words matter. Although... “'When I...

October 02, 2019

The Zen Priest Visits Bhutan, Land of the Thunder Dragon, Encounters some Vajrayana Nuns, And Contemplates How Magical the Real Is

I was up at 2am in Bangkok. It took two quick cups of...

April 2019

April 26, 2019

Once Upon a Time There Was a Queen Named Love

Once Upon a Time There Was a Queen Named Love...

December 2018

December 10, 2018

Walking the Path of Not Knowing: Reflecting on Thomas Merton, a Saint for Our Times

Thomas Merton, Catholic Trappist monk, memoirist, essayist, activist, and mystic, died...

December 04, 2018

Reflecting (Again) on Zen, Buddhism, Perennialism & Universalism

"If I am asked to define my personal tastes in religion I...

November 2018

November 26, 2018

David Loy, Nonduality, Zen, and the Mystery of our Lives

I’ve just learned that David Loy’s monumental study Nonduality will be released...

November 24, 2018

A Zen Master Considers Buddhism & Poverty

BUDDHISM & POVERTY David Loy Does Buddhism have anything special to...

October 2018

October 24, 2018

Recalling the Great, the Wondrous Alexandra David-Neel

Alexandra David-Need is one of the singular figures at the dawn of European...

October 11, 2018

Living in the Great Buzz: Some Near Random Thoughts on Zen, Buddhism, Nondual Christianity, Decentering one’s Ego, And Finding a Life

Over the last couple of years I've found a shifting in...

September 2018

September 24, 2018

A North American Zen Priest Confesses a Faith

This past weekend we were deep in sesshin, an intensive Zen meditation retreat....

August 2018

August 10, 2018

A Zen Priest Talks to Some Unitarian Universalists About a Naturalistic Mysticism

Lecture six of six delivered by the Reverend James Myoun...

July 2018

July 24, 2018

Like Trees Planted Near Flowing Waters: Buddhism, Humanism, and the Promise of Hope for this World

Blessed are the man and the woman Who have grown beyond their greed...

July 04, 2018

Toward a Declaration of Interdependence: A Buddhist Contribution

There is no doubt in my mind the American Declaration of...

April 2018

April 26, 2018

The Buddhist David Hume & the Endless Unfolding of the Human Heart

Okay, not really a "Buddhist" Hume. But, there are...

April 24, 2018

The Buddha’s Message in Brief: A Paraphrase from the Dhammapada

In some circles there is quite a lot of back and forth of...

April 21, 2018

Ten Rules for Social Engagement: A Zen Priest Ruminates on Promise & Peril

Thursday I was invited to talk about my experiences as...

April 18, 2018

Gary Snyder Points to the Ancient and Modern and Future Paths of the Buddha Way

For me the most effective way of being in the world is to move...

January 2018

January 20, 2018

Soto Zen Buddhism in North America: Some Random Notes from a Work in Progress

Soto Zen Buddhism in North America Some Random Notes from a...

January 10, 2018

Buddhist Wisdom: Three Principal Pali Buddhist Texts

The harsh fact is that nothing attributed to...

January 08, 2018

A Zen Priest Plays With the Three Demons

One of the things I like about social media is that it can in fact generate...

November 2017

November 22, 2017

The Culavedalla Sutta: The Nun Dhammadinna Explains Buddhism

I'm a big fan of the Culavedalla Sutta, the 44th fascicle of the...

October 2017

October 02, 2017

A Song of Life and Death: Some Random Notes from a Zen Retreat

Jan and I are just back from a three-day sesshin. Sesshin is a term of...

September 2017

September 26, 2017

Martin Heidegger, Brilliant Proto-Semi-Quasi-Buddhist Philosopher & Moral Failure on a Grand Scale, is Born

Martin Heidegger was born in Messkirch, Germany, on this day, September 26th, 1889. He...

August 2017

August 23, 2017

As Worlds Collide: A Western Zen Buddhist Looks to Bishop Synesius

I would hope that even school children know of the great mathematician and philosopher Hypatia...