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April 2011

April 26, 2011

World on Fire: Can the Buddhadharma Douse the Flame?

Here's my response to the question from a talk I gave in Ann Arbor in...

April 24, 2011

Uuuu! The Book of Mu

I had planned to wait to write a review after I'd read the whole tamale...

April 22, 2011

Dragons and Snakes Intermingle: Genpo, Eido and All of Us

I signed the recent letter to Genpo from the gang of 66 Zen teachers after...

April 18, 2011

Talking Up a Tree … Again and Again

April 12, 2011

Zen Teachers as Professionals – Not

Here's Bodhi on his 3rd birthday. He looks how I feel about the conversations about Zen...

April 09, 2011

Infinite Dimensions

Here's a poem lifted from today's Writer's Almanac, laying it out how I often feel...

April 05, 2011

Where Have I Gone Wrong: Karma and Zen Practice

The above is from today's bike ride around Bald Eagle Lake. A bit of ice...

April 01, 2011

Wholehearted Vulnerability

Heading into weekend sesshin soon. Just viewed this TED talk and it seems a perfect...

March 2011

March 29, 2011

Moriyama Roshi is Missing

The disaster (still unfolding, I'm afraid) in Japan just got more personal when I learned...

March 29, 2011

A Man Who Can Tell an Important Story

March 29, 2011

Japan: The Reactors and the Temple

Here's a link (click) to an article from the New Yorker about a priest who...

March 26, 2011

Report from Koun Franz on Soto Response to Disaster

Here's a letter from Koun Franz, an American Zen priest living in Japan, copied from...

March 25, 2011

How to Help in the Japan Disaster

This just in - a way to give money to Japan for emergency assistance and...

March 23, 2011

Circle of the Way and Inner Most Request

A nasty spring snow storm here in White Bear has slushed up the passage through...

March 21, 2011

Minnesota Spring?

Here's a shot from yesterday of some geese that flew up from the Gulf of...

March 18, 2011

iPad2 Lust

I occasionally get the urge to buy an iPad even though I don't need one....

March 18, 2011

Excavating Frames

I was recently passed a journal article, "Excavating Our Frames of Mind: The Key to...

March 14, 2011

Memorial Service for Those Who Have Died in Japanese Disaster

One way to express support for those who have died is to offer a simple...

March 13, 2011

February 2011

February 25, 2011

Reincarnation?

Thanks for this Ven. Satima!

February 24, 2011

Stand On Your Own Two Feet: Can a Post-Modern Approach Save Zen?

The few times that I brought a personal issue to Katagiri Roshi - hoping to...

February 19, 2011

Zen Students: Don’t Give Up Your Power

Yvonne Rand once told me about a conversation she had with Lama Govinda, a German-born...

February 18, 2011

The Sound Of One Hand

Here's a wonderful talk about the Sound-of-One-Hand koan, Hakuin and some of his women students,...

February 17, 2011

What’ll Impact Zen Practice (yes, and all of life) in the Near Future More than Sex?

Here's a piece from Daily Finance from a couple days back, "Is Oil Output Peaking...

February 16, 2011

More Mud, More Buddha

Well, we sure can make a mess of things, eh? One more point on the...

February 14, 2011

Les Kaye Letter to Kanzeon Board re: Genpo and AZTA History

Here's a letter from Les Kaye with some history very pertinent to the present situation...