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August 2009

August 04, 2009

On the Tips of the Hundred Grasses

Just back from walking Bodhi and shooting this, reminding me of a favorite Zen story....

August 03, 2009

August 02, 2009

Oozing Relief and the Final Purpose of Buddhism

Here's a tiny excerpt from another Katagiri Roshi teisho, transcribed by Gary Shodo. While in...

July 2009

July 31, 2009

Hakuin’s Rules Were Lax and Dogen Canceled Zazen

The above is by Soen Nakagawa Roshi (thanks to Genmyo Smith for allowing me to...

July 30, 2009

You Are Invited: Keep Me In Your Heart Webinar

If you, like me, are interested in developing the themes from Keep Me In Your...

July 28, 2009

Our Hero

Here's Greg Fain w/ Ben Austin, "Our Hero," about the Bodhisattva Never Despise. Click Sweet.

July 28, 2009

Dharma Mulling

I'm back from a camping trip, eh, up to Canada's Sleeping Giant Provincial Park (which...

July 21, 2009

The Moon Reflected In the Water: 100 Day Practice Announcement

What?100 days of sitting and dharma study.When?Thursday, September 10 (or Saturday, September 12 for online...

July 19, 2009

Unravelling the Thought: More on the Illusion of the Coast Moving

A full weekend with a family reunion - the Polish side of the family -...

July 17, 2009

Simple Zazen: What is the Hara?

Jon asks in a comment to my last post: "...The hara point always escaped me....

July 15, 2009

You Just Don’t Get It, Jean-Luc, What Moves? And the Social Message of Zen

Above I'm moving in the water with two of my favorite people - my son...

July 12, 2009

Mindfulness in Zen: Like Trying to Cut Through Cottonwood Fuzz

There are a lot of cottonwood trees in my neighborhood and in this dry weather...

July 08, 2009

The Merging of Enlightenment and Salvation

Here's another section of the talk by Katagiri Roshi that I posted recently. It brings...

July 07, 2009

Responses to Comments about Dharma Transmission

A bunch of these wild fox calligraphies arrived yesterday from Lee at The Bird's Path....

July 06, 2009

What is Dharma Transmission?

Tetsugan, Bodhi, P and I went to Omaha to visit Nonin and Elizabeth (and dogs...

July 02, 2009

Transforming Through Play in The Wild

Polar bear and husky playing - unbelievable! Click.

July 01, 2009

Compassion as Salvation

Here's an excerpt from a talk by Katagiri Roshi concretely exploring the feeling of the...

June 2009

June 29, 2009

This Dream of You: Seeking the Original Self Genjokoan Post

I remember a passage in one of the Carlos Castenada books where Carlos was going...

June 26, 2009

Jumping In, Playfully Transforming Wild Fox Zen

The Wild Fox Blog has been more quiet than usual these past few weeks and...

June 24, 2009

Big Mind: Does Size Really Matter?

A little while back during one of our Dogen study sessions, the notion of size...

June 21, 2009

A Snapper on the Road and Big Mind

This morning I sipped coffee on the deck and waited for the kids to get...

June 21, 2009

Whitewater Rafting

On Saturday my kids and I went whitewater rafting on the St. Louis River up...

June 18, 2009

Like an Egret Reflected in the Water … and Self Hatred

I'm back into it today after a wonderful sesshin. Some reflections about that below.It's my...

June 12, 2009

Just Go Straight Ahead Sesshin

It's been a transitional week here. The school year ended and I offered a meditation...

June 10, 2009

e-Interview on Sweeping Zen

Sweeping Zen The Definitive Site"A broad resource covering Zen and Buddhist topics: Biographies, glossary, Dharma...

June 09, 2009

Step Up Into Your Purpose

(Photo from Bald Eagle Lake, 6/8/09: New reeds burst forth into the space of the...

June 07, 2009

Do You Feel Affection for Your Life?

A good friend for more than 30 years came out for dinner last night. We...

June 05, 2009

Doing Inside Out, Outside In

Usually on Fridays I post a summary of the discussion from our Thursday night Dogen...

June 03, 2009

You Have To Say Something; Sit Down and Shut Up; and On Knocking the Old Teachers Off Their Pedestals

In our Dogen study group, a student mentioned how Dogen often seems hell bent on...

June 01, 2009

Reflecting on the Historical Dogen: Don’t Trust Anyone!

Blog Consumer Warning: This post is especially for Dogen-ophiles! Others read at your own risk....