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December 2009

December 07, 2009

Buddha’s Enlightenment Celebration

In our tradition, we commemorate the Buddha's Enlightenment Day on December 8th. Zen lore has...

December 05, 2009

One Practice: Genjokoan Webinar 10

Here's the webinar recording: Click (and when it gets rolling, click View and Video).The heart...

December 04, 2009

Internet Dharma Wars? And What I’m Doing Here

Last night a student brought over the recent Tricycle with the article, Dharma Wars: What...

December 02, 2009

To Study the Self at Second Life

Here's the audio of Sunday's talk in the virtual world, Second Life - click (on...

November 2009

November 29, 2009

Transcending Law: Vital Lies, Simple Truths

This holiday weekend I've been reading my brother's new book, Transcending Law: The Unintended Life...

November 25, 2009

Cold Rain, Fried Rice

The photo above was taken a few days ago at sunrise during a sweet walk...

November 23, 2009

Gazing at the Moon

I had dinner with a friend tonight featuring some really good conversation, including lots of...

November 21, 2009

The Paradox of Our Practice: Genjokoan Webinar 9

Click here for the webinar recording (and after it gets going, click View and then...

November 18, 2009

Fishing With A Straight Hook

Here's a little Katagiri Roshi for ya on how Zen teachers fish. I've inserted a...

November 17, 2009

Donate to Wild Fox Zen and Your Gift will be Matched

Give to the Max Day has started! All donations made from 8:00 a.m., Nov. 17...

November 15, 2009

To Study the Self in Second Life

I'm going to give Second Life a whirl and give a talk at Kannonji on...

November 15, 2009

In the Burning World, Why Study Dogen?

There's a bunch of themes tugging at me today, including my upcoming talk at Kannoji...

November 14, 2009

The Air Humans Fly In: Genjokoan Webinar 8

Here's webinar 8 on the Genjokoan (click here and when the video roles, click View...

November 10, 2009

Desire for Annihilation

A practitioner emailed me recently about the flip side of the fear of annihilation -...

November 07, 2009

Thinking That You’ve Got It: Genjokoan Webinar 7

Here's the webinar from this morning: Click here.As usual, after you get the recording going,...

November 04, 2009

Getting the Body Out: Fukanzazengi and Genjokoan

Above is a copy of the first part of Dogen's Universal Recommendations for Zazen (Fukanzazengi)...

November 02, 2009

Is This Body Great or Small

Retreived my bike from the repair shop today and road around Bald Eagle Lake for...

October 2009

October 30, 2009

Basic Assumptions

First, sorry about the weird formatting here. I "upgraded" to the new blogger and am struggling with it. We have a couple day sesshin here at Transforming Through Play, starting in a...

October 28, 2009

Only Through Uncertainty is There a Possibility of Understanding

's a film from TED: Ideas Worth Spreading that I found on Irina's blog -...

October 26, 2009

Moon Reflected in the Water, the Kinetic Art of Zazen and the Fear of Annihilation

For my sweet 16th birthday, my oldest sister (I've got five) gave me Alan Watts'...

October 24, 2009

Moon Reflected in the Water: 100 Days Webinar #6

Here's the recording of the Moon in Reflected in the Water Genjokoan 100 Days Webinar...

October 23, 2009

We All Fall Down

Last night at the study group we started with capping phrases as usual. I shared...

October 21, 2009

Katagiri’s Fully Alive

's another clip of Katagiri Roshi talking about the firewood and ash simile from the...

October 18, 2009

That Tail Again: A Bit on the Ten-Ox Herding Pictures

"Truly experience the all-inclusive activity of life...," says Bokusan in commenting on the firewood and...

October 17, 2009

100 Day Webinar 5: Gambling the Self

Here's the webinar from this morning. We talked more about the firewood and ash simile...

October 14, 2009

Katagiri on Katagiri’s Fork in the Toilet

October 12, 2009

100 Days Webinar 4: Fork in Toilet Part I

I learned a bunch on the way to getting these up! All due to forgetting...

October 12, 2009

100 Days Webinar 4: Fork in Toilet Part II

October 12, 2009

100 Days Webinar 4: Fork in Toilet Part III

October 09, 2009

A Little About How Daido’s Life Touched Mine

Daido Loori, founder of the Mountains and Rivers Order, died this morning at about 7:30....