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February 2009

February 27, 2009

Opening the Heart: Ann Arbor Talk, Part 5

February 27, 2009

Bob and Nora: I Shall Be Released

February 26, 2009

Snow and Breath

It's snowing in White Bear. Around 8 inches expected by morning. The blog dog (as...

February 24, 2009

Leave Everything to the Figure of Zazen

I stumbled on this edited snippet of a Katagiri Roshi talk the other night while...

February 23, 2009

Branching Streams: Shikantaza, Koan, and Integrated Zen

After the exchange the other day with Jundo about shikantaza and koan introspection, I pulled...

February 22, 2009

Coursing the Way Through Cornbread, Egg, and Grapes (sesame salt too)

Buddha was born in Kapilavastu Enlightened in Magadha Taught in Varanasi Entered nirvana in Kushinagara Now we set...

February 18, 2009

History, Koans, and Bumping Into It

Same spot in the path as a few days ago, today with clear skies and...

February 17, 2009

Upcoming Trainings and the Spirit of Practice: How Do You Interchange?

Just after I posted the announcement of the second 100-day training on-line practice focusing on...

February 16, 2009

Dharma Study, Dragons, and Formations

The photo is obviously not a dragon but a wild turkey. I try to use...

February 15, 2009

Stagnant Water Hides a Dragon: Buddha’s Parinirvana

Today we commemorate Shakyamuni Buddha’s parinirvana, his thoroughgoing death.It is a good time to reflect...

February 13, 2009

Wild Fox Crying

Here are a couple verses Dogen offers for the Wild Fox koan in the 9th...

February 12, 2009

I Thought the Path Went That Way but It Goes This Way Too

Here are some responses to the comments from yesterday's post. Interesting that the beard got...

February 11, 2009

Karma is Clear

A mid-winter melt is winding down here today, although it melted enough snow to block...

February 10, 2009

January 2009

January 31, 2009

Way Mind and the Color of My Hometown

Dogen's Extensive Record #487In both arousing the mind and the ultimate stage, how do we...

January 30, 2009

Purpose for Practice and the Ground of Being

Question: Dosho…you may know the therapy from Japan, Morita Therapy. I would call it everyday...

January 29, 2009

Way Mind

Wow, some of you had a lot to say about the last post! And it...

January 28, 2009

The Work of Walking with All Living Beings

Here's a story that's been on my mind recently. Katagiri Roshi dishes out a world...

January 27, 2009

That Door is Not For You

During the Q&A; at the Chicago Zen Center last Sunday, Sevan asked what I said...

January 26, 2009

Back from the Seamless City of Chicago

I got back last night from visiting the Zen Center of Oak Park where I...

January 21, 2009

“The Student Becomes the Teacher” Article in Local Paper

Here's an article (with high rate of things I actually said) that's fresh out about...

January 20, 2009

Big Day, Quiet Poems

Here are some quiet poems to mark the end of the first day with an...

January 19, 2009

The Fierce Urgency of the Now: MLK, Katagiri, Dogen, and Krista Tibbets

In addition to MLK day here in the US, today is Katagiri Roshi's 81st birthday...

January 18, 2009

Wasp Nests and Zen Groups

I think we might just be getting somewhere on this blog - not sure where...

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