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December 31, 2011

Reviewing and Renewing the Buddhadharma on This Little Blue Dumpling Planet with Lots of Big Problems

Happy New Year to you! Like you, I imagine and hope, I've been enjoying this...

December 26, 2011

Reflecting on Burial Rites for Wild Foxes: Adaptation or Traditionalism for Zen Now?

In a recent conversation with dharma friends, a quirky detail from the Wild Fox Koan...

December 22, 2011

A Story about Koans and Stories on the Solstice

Sunset on planet Earth at Latitude:N 45° 6' 17.1126" Longitude:W 93° 1' 40.0865" (White Bear, MN) at 4:35 on...

December 20, 2011

Consensus Buddhism, Mindful Mayo and Soy Latte

I did a little digging into the buddhist blog world over the weekend and found...

December 17, 2011

Why are there Clouds in the Sky? New Translation of the Lankavatara Sutra by Red Pine Coming Soon

I have here the Laṅkāvatāra in four fascicles which I now pass to you. It...

December 14, 2011

Soto Zen Form and the Sound of the Single Hand

I found the above photo with an image search -...

December 05, 2011

Wild Fox Zen Annual Appeal

Once a year I put out the cyber begging bowl and ask for donations to...

December 04, 2011

The Truth for Truth’s Sake

At my new job I've been getting more questions about Zen practice than I expected....

December 03, 2011

Talk about Broken! The Financial Mess is Much Worse Than You Thought and Just Getting Going!

That's the short story. Even German Chancellor Merkel recently said that even though the big...

November 2011

November 27, 2011

Everything is Broken: What is Shikantaza?

My recent post, Satisfying Hunger with Koan: A Critical Review of Foulk's Scholarly Perspective, got...

November 23, 2011

A Thanksgiving Offering: What is the Heart of Zazen?

Not destroying false views. For shikantaza or koan zen, that says it all, imv. There's...

November 19, 2011

Satisfying Hunger with Koan: A Critical Review of Foulk’s Scholarly Perspective

How can we satisfy hunger? Beyond the basics of just enough food, clothing and shelter,...

November 18, 2011

November 16, 2011

Dogen Lovers Alert

The Florida Dogen Lovers Conference from November 12, 2011...

November 13, 2011

Zen and the Art of Occupy Wall Street

Click here to read the cartoon. And here's a nice piece about the ongoing Occupy...

November 12, 2011

The Oneness of Soto Zen and Rock ‘n Roll

On Wednesday night I saw Lucinda Williams at a club downtown. The last time...

November 08, 2011

The Essential Art of Zazen

Dogen, the transmitter of the Soto Zen lineage to Japan, entered the following koan to...

November 04, 2011

Practicing the Path of Zen Like a Long-Distance Train

For an introductory class we're teaching, T dug up a list of suggestions I had...

November 02, 2011

Wild Fox in the Patheos House

Welcome to the new home of Wild Fox Zen blog, just moved over to Patheos...

October 2011

October 29, 2011

Skeleton performing zazen on waves by Maruyama Okyo, 1787, Daijoji Temple, Hyogo, Japan, lifted from...

October 29, 2011

Studying the Self with Help from Contemporary Filters

Friday morning, driving to work in the dark, I listened to a talk by Bodhin...

October 27, 2011

Divided Brain

Good thinking from both sides of the brain here (thanks, Ed) with lots of implications...

October 22, 2011

The Finger Pointing to the Moon: Way Seeking Mind

We started the introductory class at Dhristi Yoga in White Bear on Thursday. While listening...

October 17, 2011

What To Do When You’re In a Fight With Your Partner

My dear dog Bodhi and I are back in the several hundred acres of open...

October 09, 2011

Occupy the Self

Seems like we might be at the edge of something big here - the Occupy...

October 04, 2011

The Tongue Says Loneliness … and Grand Marais

We were up north for a wonderful weekend. Above is the sunrise over Lake Superior. I...

September 2011

September 24, 2011

Twining Vines = Life and Death

I'm reflecting this morning on how our lives entwine, so much so that it's clear...

September 22, 2011

Your Spiritual Foot Work Must Be Light: Two Poems

On the way to work, I listened to an old Katagiri Roshi talk on Dogen's...