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July 2012

July 10, 2012

Koan Confessions #4

Note: See the previous two posts for confessions #1-3 of 8. Confession #4: Koan Zen...

July 08, 2012

Koan Confessions #2 and #3

Note: This is the second of a series that I call my koan confessions. It...

July 07, 2012

Koan Confessions

Note: This is the first installment in a series of seven or eight that I...

July 01, 2012

A Lazy Bastard Living in a Suit: Leonard Cohen’s “Old Ideas” is Superb!

(See the lyrics for "Different Sides" below). This is the best Cohen since Ten...

June 2012

June 28, 2012

Raising the Solitary and Destitute Flower

Last weekend I visited my...

June 26, 2012

Not the Ultimate Zen Koan But We Are In Deep

Okay, not funny. But the...

June 17, 2012

Entering the Market Place: A Review of a Really Important New Book, “The Zen Leader” by Ginny Whitelaw

About a week ago, I had a really rough day at work with three events...

June 02, 2012

What To Do With This One Great Life?

A student recently reminded me of this talk, posted here a while back. With thanks...

May 2012

May 26, 2012

What Is Zen?

Way back when I was first in Japan at age 26, I went to Soto...

May 18, 2012

Tracking Bodhidharma

Back in the 1980's, the scholarly perspective that Bodhidharma was a myth began making the...

May 12, 2012

Is Truth Inside or Outside?

Good stuff in the blog world this morning, sorta on a theme - is the...

May 06, 2012

Supernatural Powers and Zen

I'm just back from a few days along the North Shore of Lake Superior -...

April 2012

April 28, 2012

Koun Franz’s Nyoho Zen Blog is Up!

One of the emerging voices in our blooming Zen conversation is Koun Franz, a young...

April 21, 2012

The Red Flesh Ball of a Decayed Tree

As I may have mentioned, in our Monday Night Dogen Study we've been working through...

April 07, 2012

Hakuin Walks into his Therapist’s Office for a Family Session with Dogen…

But it turns out they don't have any real conflict after all so they end...

March 2012

March 31, 2012

Did Hakuin Need Therapy?

Did he ever! In modern terms, of course, which is really not fair to the...

March 24, 2012

Why Is Dogen So Dang Difficult? Or How “First Thought Best Thought” Is Overrated

"Why does Dogen make it so hard to understand what he's saying?" So asked (or...

March 19, 2012

“Mamma’s Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Zennies”

That would be Waylon Coyote and Willie Wild Fox - although the former put a...

March 17, 2012

Knowing or Not Knowing? The Stages of Not Being William James

Just back from my ritual dog walk in the woods, savoring it all. The Robins...

March 12, 2012

Not Doing Evil (Dark, Unskillful, Dumb Stuff)

Here's Bodhi after going wild in a field on a warm day, running and dancing,...

March 10, 2012

Dogen Zen and Vinegar

A couple days ago at work I was cleaning the coffee maker in my office...

February 2012

February 25, 2012

What’s the “Just” in Just Sitting All About?

Before the noon meal during sesshin the Katagiri Roshi way, we rise from zazen, offer...

February 20, 2012

Mamas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Zennies

President's Day off and I'm getting a bit silly! Here's a new rendition of an...

February 18, 2012

Using One Unobstructed Boat: How to Transcend Sounds and Colors Without Even Trying

Here are a couple bald eagles about a week back...

February 12, 2012

What is Enlightenment and What does It Matter Anyway?

"When perceiving one side, the other side is concealed." So says old Dogen in his...

February 03, 2012

True Dharma “I”: 21st Century Zen from a 26th Century View

A deep thanks to Koun for his wholehearted, uncompromising effort to express his impersonal heart...

January 2012

January 30, 2012

Authentic Practice

In a recent email exchange with Dosho, I made an offhand comment about “authentic practice.”...

January 25, 2012

Standing in One’s Position

It's a pleasure to introduce Koun Franz to you as a guest blogger. This is...

January 21, 2012

What is Zen Mastery?

This question has been up again for me lately because of a couple opposing currents...

January 14, 2012

Sesshin Invitation: Reviewing and Renewing the Buddhadharma

Thursday, March 1, 7pm – Sunday, March 4, 1pm, 2012, at the lovely Deep Spring...

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