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November 2010

November 07, 2010

The Dharma for Rich and Poor?

Above is Caracas, Venezuela. The shacks on the left are called "ranchos" and are home...

November 05, 2010

Person Alone in the Universe

November 03, 2010

Dogen: Lost and Found in Translation

Here's an announcement from San Francisco Zen Center about the big rolling out of Kaz's...

November 03, 2010

Rebirth and the GOP

Remember after the 2008 election and all the chatter about how with the demographic shifts...

October 2010

October 30, 2010

Kaz, Suzuki and Shobogenzo

Visit Kaz Sensei’s Web Site Here. Here's an article from the San Francisco Chronicle about...

October 26, 2010

How We Kill Chickens is How We Do Everything … Maybe

Here's an interesting piece about denial and how chickens are killed from the NYTimes: click...

October 25, 2010

Can’t Complain

I love this tune! Yes, I got distracted again on my little writing retreat but...

October 22, 2010

I'm in a writing retreat for the next few days but got distracted and found...

October 19, 2010

Up a Boundless Tree with the “How -To” of Koan Study

While playing around like I like to do with the designated victim being Case 5...

October 17, 2010

Sesshin, Dogs and Humans

Here's a few reflections on dogs and humans that came together during my work-period dog...

October 15, 2010

On Being Fully Human and How That Can Save the Planet

October 13, 2010

In a Corner

Here's a talk I gave last month in Omaha at the Nebraska Zen Center that...

October 09, 2010

One Face of Zen

Click here for Venn diagrams and other little doodles with an attitude. Thanks, Steve, for...

October 08, 2010

On the Road Series

October 05, 2010

Review of The Power of an Open Question

My first take on this book (click here) was that the intended audience was beginning...

October 03, 2010

Passing Through

I'm back from being up north for the funeral of my dad's next-older brother. I was...

September 2010

September 30, 2010

Born Together with a Mirror without Flaws or Blurs

Once upon a time in ancient India, about when Christ was born a few thousand...

September 26, 2010

Worldly Work for Zen Priests?

First off, the above isn't me ... my refrigerator has a lot more in it...

September 22, 2010

Monastic Practice for Zen Priests?

You might be surprised to learn that many Zen priests in West haven't done monastic...

September 16, 2010

Where are We Going?

I'm off to Omaha tomorrow for a weekend sesshin and looking forward to seeing Nonin...

September 13, 2010

Where Did We Come From?

I read recently that all religions have a creation story. That gave me pause because...

September 11, 2010

Read the Qur’an Today

"We have not sent down the Qur'an to you to be (an occasion) for your...

September 06, 2010

A Snarky Review of Sex, Sin and Zen: A Buddhist Exploration of Sex from Celibacy to Polyamory and Everything in Between

After I was the...

August 2010

August 31, 2010

The Soto Zen Priest Process

This was just posted on one of the teacher listserves. Click here for the text that...

August 27, 2010

Verifying the True Dharma Eye (and Falling Down)

Thanks to Al's suggestion in the comments to my last post, I listened to my...

August 25, 2010

Brief and Rude Reflection on Enlightenment and Hemorroids

I enjoyed the comments to my last post about Zen priests (whoops, "practitioners," I mean)...

August 21, 2010

What the Heck is a Zen Priest?

I've been reflecting on a couple dharma things lately. One is sex and dharma because...

August 18, 2010

Tokudo Anniversary

Twenty-six years since I underwent home-leaving with Katagiri-roshi. Like a summer cloud. Beautiful evening here. Half...

August 14, 2010

Ragged Wild Fox Meets Wild Fox Raggedly

Above is a ragged wild fox looking for hand outs at the border. Really. My...

August 13, 2010

Live Together, Die Alone

I was at a retirement party earlier for one of my old bosses and a...