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January 2020

January 02, 2020

The Lingering Radiance of Harada Daiun Sogaku

When I was training at Bukkokuji Zen Monastery in Obama, Japan, on the twelfth day...

December 2019

December 06, 2019

Issues in Translation: On 19 Ways of Looking at Wang Wei

Why nineteen ways to translate one poem? As...

November 2019

November 29, 2019

You Can’t Do It Alone Even On the Internet: A Few Thoughts on Calming and Seeing

You can't do what alone? Traditionally in the buddhadharma across schools, samādhi (calming, concentration or...

August 2019

August 23, 2019

Harmony of Difference and Sameness (Alternate Translation)

This year at both the Nebraska Zen Center and the Vine of Obstacles: Online Support...

June 2019

June 17, 2019

Review of McMindfulness: How Mindfulness Became the New Capitalist Spirituality

Ronald E. Purser has written a very important book, McMindfulness: How Mindfulness Became the New Capitalist...

May 2019

May 30, 2019

Is Zen Weak on Compassion Teachings? The Dust and Dirt of the Third Rank

Is Zen weak on compassion teachings? Zen teacher Norman Fischer Rōshi has written that he...

May 20, 2019

Rinzai and Sōtō Meet Face-to-Face

Was Hakuin Ekaku (1686 – 1768), the great Japanese revitalizer of Rinzai Zen and the...

May 14, 2019

Zen Practice for Everyone and More

My wife and co-teacher, Tetsugan, and I have been noticing how participation falls into five...

April 2019

April 22, 2019

An Invitation to Investigate the Vine of Obstacles: Online Support for Zen Training

Overview This program offers Zen practice under the guidance a senior Zen teacher, Dōshō Port...

April 11, 2019

Zen Art of Oryoki – Some Things I Forgot to Mention

I forgot a few important things when writing the...

April 09, 2019

The Dharma for Taking Food: The Zen Art of Oryoki

Recently, we held a three-day retreat focussed on Dōgen's “The Dharma...

February 2019

February 24, 2019

Is Zen a Joke or a Trick? Crabs, Cartoons, and Solemnity

"Zen could be said to be the biggest joke that has ever been played in...

February 16, 2019

Is Awakening (Kenshō) a Hallucination (Makyō)?

Kenshō and makyō are the flavor of the week in these parts, so this post...

January 2019

January 19, 2019

Hōkyōji Memories on Katagiri Rōshi’s 91st Birthday

Today would be the 91st birthday of my first teacher, Dainin Katagiri Rōshi (1928-1990). Happy...

December 2018

December 29, 2018

What’s Love Got To Do With It? The Most Important Thing About Hakuin’s Teaching

At the beginning of 2018, I began a year-long focus on Hakuin's teaching, specifically, Norman...

November 2018

November 26, 2018

The Zen Teacher Hustle and Social Media

We humans have been looking in the mirror for a...

October 2018

October 16, 2018

That Other Story About Iron Grindstone Liú

Raised: Zǐhú asked Iron Grindstone Liú, “For a long time, I’ve been favorably inclined to...

October 02, 2018

The Truth of the Self Through the Generations of Our Lineage

WE finished a three-day weekend sesshin on Sunday. The...

September 2018

September 10, 2018

Hakuin Flies A Kite

Hakuin's painting, poetry, and Zen teaching were...

August 2018

August 10, 2018

The Rotting Corpses of Our Ancestors

Once in awhile, I hear some trash talk about me and my practice and teaching...

July 2018

July 19, 2018

The Baggage We Carry

We're getting ready for the summer sesshin (a...

July 07, 2018

Essential Dōgen and Hakuin Texts: Response to a Quick Question

James Myōun Ford Rōshi recently asked, "What would you say are the essential Dōgen texts?"...

June 2018

June 18, 2018

Like Salad With Nasturtium Petals: The Delicious Way of Zen Master Yunmen

In these later days of the buddhadharma, when most of what passes off as "buddhadharma"...

June 16, 2018

The Language of Dragons: Introduction to Zen Koans

This month we're working the theme of being on the outside. Bob Dylan expressed it...

June 08, 2018

Compassion on the Edge

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May 2018

May 12, 2018

Right To The Point: Reflections on the Implications of Hakuin’s Zen

Why don't you build a jointed bridge with your free mind for the people passing...

May 03, 2018

Fierce or Friendly: Koan Introspection for Hakuin and Today

In my last post, I shared a bit of the criticism that Hakuin (1686 – 1768)...

April 2018

April 14, 2018

Hakuin’s Blistering Criticisms of Sōtō Zen: Who and What

Hakuin (1686 - 1768), the great revitalizer of Rinzai Zen, had blistering criticisms of practitioners...

April 03, 2018

What Good is Zen for a Student?

A few days ago, the prolific James Myoun Ford Rōshi (fyi, "Rōshi,"老師, or "old dog"...

March 2018

March 30, 2018

How Old Does a (Real) Zen Teacher Have To Be?

Currently, there is much talk in the Zen blog world about how old one needs...