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June 2014

June 01, 2014

Great Tides Zen Fundraiser Wrap Up

So far we've raised $8343 for the Great Tides Zen launch. We declare this fundraiser a...

May 2014

May 24, 2014

Five Fat Ranks for What Ails Us

Ross Bolleter, a Zen teacher in the Aitken-Tarrant line who teaches mainly in Australia, has...

May 03, 2014

We Invite You to Join the Fun

April 2014

April 30, 2014

Leaping Free, the Primal Life, Deep and Bright

Recently, at the end of a long day of sorting and packing and hauling (omg,...

April 17, 2014

Polyamory and Zen

Several years ago my parents celebrated their 60th anniversary. Tetsugan asked them, "How did you...

March 2014

March 28, 2014

Having Inconceivable Good Fortune

This is the fifth installment of six in the Plum Blossom series, based on talks...

March 16, 2014

Zen Won’t Save You: A Talk on Practicing Enlightenment

"Zen Won't Save You" is the title of the talk that Tetsugan and I will...

March 01, 2014

Plum Blossoms IV for Roshi’s 24th Memorial Day

On this 24th Memorial of Katagiri Roshi's death, I offer his "Plum Blossoms IV" to...

February 2014

February 20, 2014

Cybersanghas – Do They Work?

My contribution to Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Quarterly, Spring 2014, is now out and available. Click...

February 09, 2014

Watch Out for the Dog!

I stumbled on a Zen story a little while back...

February 01, 2014

Great Tides Zen: Coming to Portland, ME, Summer 2014

Yes, like dog Bodhi in the photo, we're getting ready to move and lay some...

January 2014

January 26, 2014

Cold as Hell!

Cold as hell! And just to be clear, for Buddhists using "cold" to describe "hell"...

January 20, 2014

The Old Plum Tree Bursts into Bloom

This is the third installment in the "Plum Blossom" series. Katagiri Roshi gave these talks...

January 12, 2014

When Death Comes and How to Live Today

How can we live meaningful lives today so that when death comes we might reflect...

January 07, 2014

Who Doesn’t Get Sick? Ouch, Ouch!

Happy New Year to you all. Enjoying the break here - still! My day job...

December 2013

December 31, 2013

Myogen Steve Stucky Has Died

The former Central Abbot of San Francisco Zen Center, Myogen Steve Stücky, died this morning....

December 23, 2013

How I Almost Drowned in the Swamp Out Back

Even if you don’t like death, when death comes you have to die. Even if...

December 20, 2013

Gassho Like Falling Snow

Here is a solstice talk by my old teacher, Katagiri Roshi, about Dogen's "Plum Blossoms."...

December 07, 2013

Is Buddhism Best?

All the great traditions have at least one thing in common - the belief that...

November 2013

November 29, 2013

A Holiday Stroll Through the Buddhaverse

Here's a wondrously beautiful view from a micro-moment on this morning's walk along the shore...

November 24, 2013

A Happy Life: Precept Practice

We've been using Diane Eshin Rizzetto's excellent book, Waking Up to What You Do: A...

November 10, 2013

Do Words Have Buddha Nature? Fighting Over and Gnawing at Rotting Bones – Crunch! Snap! Howl! Bark!

What is the role of words in Zen practice? It has become a cliche in...

November 02, 2013

In the Teacher-Student Relationship, Who Gets Who?

Over at Nyoho Zen, Koun has written another engaging blog post, "My Teacher Doesn't Get...

October 2013

October 18, 2013

Themes in Residential and Householder Zen

About a month ago, I stumbled on this well-done essay on residential Zen training, The...

October 06, 2013

Upcoming Travel to Ann Arbor

That's me and Haju Sunin at the Ann Arbor Buddhist Temple a few years back....

September 2013

September 29, 2013

Stuck! Oh, the Path of Zen

Here's a very odd thing about Zen practice - a lot of the time, especially...

September 22, 2013

The Price We Pay For Everything

Dear James Ford on and in his Monkey Mind has raised the issue of money...

September 14, 2013

The Future’s Uncertain and the End is Always Near

"The future's uncertain and the end is always near," a line from the Door's "Roadhouse...

August 2013

August 26, 2013

Flapping with Vitality: What’s the Point of Dogen Study?

What's the point of study in Dogen Zen? Given my Dogenophile disposition, I'm asked this...

August 19, 2013

Practice Meeting Notes Hastily Scribbled

During a recent bunch of practice meetings with students in Vine of Obstacles: Online Support...