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October 2022

October 04, 2022

Soto Zen’s Dirty Little Secret

Dirty Little Secret? According to the Urban Dictionary, that esteemed and profound arbiter of taste...

September 2022

September 01, 2022

Outer and Inner Layer Utterly Dropped Off: The Awakening Meihō Sotetsu Zenji

Introduction Meihō Sotetsu (1277-1350, 明峰素哲, Bright Peak Elemental Penetration) is the fifth generation Sōtō Zen...

August 2022

August 02, 2022

You Might Need More Than One Dog: The Problems with Kōan Work Today

This post might...

December 2021

December 12, 2021

The Death of Harada Daiun Sogaku Roshi: 60th Year Memorial

Dosho’s Note: Below you’ll find a translation of an article that first appeared in a...

January 2020

January 27, 2020

Zen Flows Through Repetition in the Teacher-Student Relationship

I hope you will find this post as grist for your dharma-reflection mill. You see,...

November 2017

November 27, 2017

Feet Frozen But Heart Assured: The Mutual Verification of Homeleaving and Householder Practice

I just found this old photo of Tangen...

January 2016

January 05, 2016

Just Sit or Wake Up? A Tale of Two Old Teachers

The tension over what to emphasize in dharma practice, just sitting or waking up (aka,...

December 2015

December 15, 2015

Buddha’s Enlightenment: A Single Body is Revealed

Note: This is the fourth of five post based on talks from Rohatsu 2014. Students...

May 2013

May 24, 2013

Full Moon, One Peace

Blue depths ten thousand ages old, the moon in an empty realm; You’ll only know...

February 2013

February 09, 2013

The Last Word On Dream Interpretation

What do dreams mean? Especially those dreams that haunt, that can't be shaken off with...

January 2013

January 26, 2013

Hanging Out With Homeleavers

Sometimes I get called "Reverend" and it just doesn't sit right. You see, I don't...

January 20, 2013

Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This

One of the central metaphors in the buddhadharma likens our usual world to a dream...

January 05, 2013

The End of History Illusion And Some Implications

"Life is a process of growing and changing, and what our results suggest is that...

October 2012

October 20, 2012

Dogen: the Patron Saint of Passive Zen?

I was pleased this morning as I reviewed the comments to my recent posts about...

October 14, 2012

Cursing Form and Emptiness: Soto Zen, the Great Empty, and Going to Hell

A couple weeks ago I posted "Zen is Going to Hell and It’s the Boomers’...