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September 2011

September 18, 2011

Octopus is Free: Becoming Mu through Prayer

In my email this morning, I find this question:"How does one become one with Mu?"There...

September 10, 2011

9/11 Tears of Grief

I was driving to a doctor appointment ten years ago when I heard on NPR...

September 05, 2011

Against All Odds

Yesterday I found the end of the rainbow. Turns out that it's just north of...

August 2011

August 28, 2011

Realize Eternity … through Blogging, Twitter, and Facebook?

"By the end of this year there will be a billion people on this planet...

August 25, 2011

Warren Buffett the Socialist, Class Warfare Monger

Click the picture for Jon Stewart's scathing rebuke of Fox News criticism of Warren B.

August 22, 2011

Can’t Go Forward, Can’t Go Back – Again!

After a nice dinner last night in Stillwater, G and I took a stroll by...

August 14, 2011

The Tree of Life and a Theory of Everything

“Where was thou when I laid the foundations of the earth...When the morning stars sang...

July 2011

July 30, 2011

A Summer Cloud

Don't think I've gone two weeks without a blog post since I started this thing...

July 16, 2011

Life Stripped to the Bone and Baisao, the Old Tea Seller

I'm back from a sweet vacation, mostly lounging in the Keweenaw Peninsula of Upper Michigan....

July 06, 2011

Is This All There Is?

Above is Zen teacher Bomun (a.k.a., George Bowman, successor of Seung Sahn Soen Sa Nim...

June 2011

June 30, 2011

On Being Wrong: Great TED Talk

"If you really want to rediscover wonder, you need to step outside of that tiny,...

June 29, 2011

Wonderful day in Minnesota. Above photo is from a favorite rest stop on my biking...

June 26, 2011

Yellow Springs Sesshin

Above is the zendo created at Grailville, a retreat center in Loveland, OH, for the...

June 25, 2011

Joko Beck and the Function of a Zen Center

Note: I've deleted this post, at least for now. I jumped the gun and...

June 15, 2011

Speaking of Buddhism

Above is a scene from Jay Cooke State Park near Duluth. My son and I...

June 07, 2011

Bower, bowed tooTheir nature, no natureThis body, other bodies, not twoPlunge into the inexhaustible realmLive...

June 04, 2011

The Who? What? How? of Zen – Especially Soto Zen Priest Ordination

A fun thing about this stage in the transmission of dharma to the global culture...

June 02, 2011

Returning to One and Expressing It in the Zen Priest Style

"The ten thousand things return to One" - by Shodo Harada Roshi from his new...

May 2011

May 31, 2011

Good Decisions Come From Experience…

...and experience comes from bad decisions - that's the small print under "Decisions" in the...

May 25, 2011

Following a Teacher, Practicing Yourself, Following Yourself

I think most Zen students would agree that following a teacher is a delicate task...

May 22, 2011

Another Odd Day in Minnesota

The above (~1984 at Hokyoji) was from a practice period 4 or 9 day -...

May 19, 2011

The Ugly Truth about the Meaning of Life, Suffering and Freedom

Stephen Hawking recently took some heat for the non-statement of the year - heaven and...

May 16, 2011

Which is Stronger – Zazen or Daily Life?

Today I'm offering a question for reflection and discussion, so if you'd like to post...

May 14, 2011

Meandering on the Zigzag Path

Cold, soft rain falling this morning during the dog walk. At home alone now and lingering...

May 12, 2011

The Dalai Lama is a Nice Guy … and what a Sweet Smile!

To the astonishment of a few co-workers and at least one family member, I didn't...

May 09, 2011

All Things Shining: Reading the Western Classics to Find Meaning in a Secular Age

When I was 20 I set off hitch-hiking to discover America. One shining afternoon I...

May 06, 2011

An Embarassing Situation: An Award for Valor

How did a nice Chief of Police like Minneapolis' Tim Dolan wind up shaking my...

May 05, 2011

Karma as a Moral Principle

I'm slowly digesting and enjoying The Six Perfections: Buddhism and the Cultivation of Character by...

May 05, 2011

Photos from the Boundless Way Temple Opening Ceremony

James with his "...and it is good" smile.Melissa receiving "dragon" caligraphy from John Tarrant, below.Officiant...

May 02, 2011

Boundless Way Opening

This past weekend I had the honor of officiating at the Temple Opening for the...

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