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2021-11-01T15:25:24-06:00

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An Ancient Soto Master’s Praise for the Record of Linji

Last updated on: November 1, 2021 at 3:25 pm By Dosho Port

Tetsugan Sensei and I are living now in what we call the Neyaashi Zen Hermitage, near Duluth, Minnesota – a sweet returning home for us. We continue to work with our students through the Vine of Obstacles: Online Support for Zen Training, an innovative and intense method of householder practice. I’m also working on another book and finding the hermitage to be a great place for writing. The book is Going Through the Mystery’s One Hundred Questions, which as the... Read more

2021-12-31T07:25:37-06:00

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The Shōwa Dispute About True Faith

Last updated on: December 31, 2021 at 7:25 am By Dosho Port

Introduction In the photo, you see a 1200-page text that contains articles on “The Shōwa Dispute About True Faith” that began in 1928 between those who were trying to make Sōtō Zen more compatible with Western modernism, including Christianity, by reframing what Sōtō Zen was about. This was an effort to bow to Western colonialist pressures, especially from the US. Japan, you may recall, had been under enormous pressure since 1853 when Commodore Perry tiptoed into Edo Bay with a... Read more

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2023-02-04T19:33:10-06:00

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The Record of Empty Hall: Reviews, Talks, Interview

Last updated on: February 4, 2023 at 7:33 pm By Dosho Port

This post contains a collection of information about The Record of Empty Hall. If you’d like to purchase one, you can do so through Amazon or Shambhala Publications or Bookshop. Through the Browse Inside feature you can read the Table of Contents, Melissa Blacker’s Forward, the Introduction, and the First Case. Click here. Want to Read a Review? “Port does an excellent job of shining a much-needed light on Xutang’s work and, in his playful way, making it more relatable to the contemporary reader.... Read more

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2022-01-25T19:23:37-06:00

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Xutang’s Blurb for Dogen’s Best Seller

Last updated on: January 25, 2022 at 7:23 pm By Dosho Port

Introduction When I was translating The Record of Empty Hall and working on the commentary, a respectable scholar sent me a copy of Xutang’s preface for Dogen’s Eihei Goroku, that is, the abridged record of Dogen. The text was mostly the mix of Chinese characters and Japanese syllabaries and quite over my head. Fortunately, I persisted. For many reasons, Xutang (1185-1269; English, Empty Hall) is an enormously important teacher in the 13th Century Linji lineage Chan, not the least of... Read more

2021-11-01T12:48:48-06:00

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Zen Conversations: 42 Zen Teachers talk … a short excerpt

Last updated on: November 1, 2021 at 12:48 pm By Dosho Port

Another baby book has birthed and is making their way the world. In this case, it’s Rick McDaniel’s new book that’s out there, ready to be read. You’ll find it here: click. Zen Conversations includes a section by yours truly, see below, and features a rare section by Tetsugan Sensei, my wife, best friend, and teaching partner. If you follow the click, you’ll also find fourteen blurbs by Zen teachers – now that’s... Read more

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2022-01-25T20:22:21-06:00

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Cyber Zen: Practicing Awakening in These Very Times

Last updated on: January 25, 2022 at 8:22 pm By Dosho Port

https://youtu.be/YYa7prWYrHE Above you’ll find a talk that I gave on Sunday, March 28, 2021, for the Soto Zen Buddhist Association. Although, it is titled, “Cyber Zen,” the subtitle, “Practicing Awakening In These Very Times” took about forty-five minutes of the hour-long session for me to unpack. So to provide a fuller expression of the cyber theme, in this post, I’ll give a description of the Vine of Obstacles: Online Support for Zen Training (aka, the Vine), summarize the talk, and then I’ll say... Read more

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2022-01-25T19:24:46-06:00

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Silent Illumination: A Vital New Expression of An Ancient Tradition

Last updated on: January 25, 2022 at 7:24 pm By Dosho Port

Silent Illumination: A Chan Buddhist Path to Natural Awakening, by Guo Gu Laoshi (available now for preorder and preview) is a wonderful expression of the buddhadharma from beginning to end. As you probably know, Guo Gu is an important contemporary Chan teacher, a successor of the great Sheng Yen. He also has one of the coolest websites around: click. In Silent Illumination, Guo Gu offers a strikingly fresh perspective on the significance of the phrase, silent illumination, grounded in the Chinese Chan perspective, compellingly... Read more

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2022-01-25T19:25:46-06:00

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The Record of Empty Hall: a Selection, a Book Launch Reading, and More

Last updated on: January 25, 2022 at 7:25 pm By Dosho Port

I’m so pleased that The Record of Empty Hall: One Hundred Classic Koans will soon be out in the world. It’s been four years in the making, beginning early in the Trump era when I was on retreat with my wife, Tetsugan Sensei, sitting and doing some studying of Hakuin. In the midst of the divisiveness and ugliness of those early Trump days, a strong aspiration arose to do something new to help show the beauty of this one... Read more

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2022-01-25T19:26:24-06:00

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Flowers Blooming on a Withered Tree: Incredible!

Last updated on: January 25, 2022 at 7:26 pm By Dosho Port

Steven Heine’s recent book (September, 2020), Flowers Blooming on a Withered Tree: Giun’s Verse Comments on Dōgen’s Treasury of the True Dharma Eye, is an enormous contribution to the study and practice of the buddhadharma, particularly for those who resonate with the tradition of Dōgen. Although there are several English translations of most Shōbōgenzō (aka, Treasury of the True Dharma Eye) fascicles, little of the Sōtō tradition’s rich and vital commentarial literature has yet been translated. Heine’s work begins to address... Read more

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2022-01-25T19:26:57-06:00

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Disclosing Zen Insight: A Great Flower Blossom Net

Last updated on: January 25, 2022 at 7:26 pm By Dosho Port

First, a Brief Update As I hope you have heard, The Record of Empty Hall: One Hundred Classic Koans, translated with commentary by me, is due out on February 2. To preorder with a 30% discount and see reviews by Steven Heine, John Tarrant, Meido Moore, Bodhin Kjolhede, and Henry Shukman click here. You can also browse inside and read Melissa Blacker Roshi’s forward, my introduction, and the first case. I’ll soon be sharing some excerpts from the book here. Finally, in terms... Read more

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