Category Archives: Zazen
A translation of a poem by Taisen Deshimaru
If someone asks what true Zen is you don’t have to open your mouth to explain it. Please, lay out every angle of your Zazen posture. Then a spring breeze will blow and bring the plum tree to blossom wondrously. … Continue reading
The Heart Sutra
Recently, I began reading the Heart Sutra very seriously. I was looking for a little compassion. This is not something as the French say that runs around the streets. So, I picked up Bernie Glassman’s book Infinite Circle: Teachings in … Continue reading
Zen and Spiderman
How’s that for a pretentious title? Now you’re thinking how is he going to pull that one off ? What has Zen got to do with Spiderman? Is this guy a jerk or what!? Not much. Or everything. I don’t … Continue reading
Here’s a ko-an for you: medication and Buddhism or Can Buddhism do everything?
So here I am on ly bi-annual trip to FL or FLA. I haven’t been here for two years and I no longer know just how you call the place. Anyhow the first thing I did when I got here … Continue reading
I have never had an “enlightenment experience” (!)
I have never had an enlightenment experience. What kind of title for an article is that!? The best I could come up with on a rainy Saturday afternoon in France, when I have only got a couple of hours to … Continue reading
I just had to stop struggling
It should come as no surprise that I get a little down in the dumps sometimes. I also get all stressed out, and start like verifying the stove eleventeen times before I can leave the house (this is before I … Continue reading
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