Look at Zen,No… not that one. I’m not talking about trinket meetings or the grand convention of crows,I’m talking about the man sitting in silence,
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The Sound Barrier
We don’t speak of supersonic flight until the aircraft has broken the sound barrier.We don’t speak of spiritual practice until the practitioner has crossed the
One Foot, Another Foot
As long as people haven’t freed themselves from the shackles of identification and the desire to belong, from their attachments to the world’s codes, There’s
The Being in Zazen
The being in zazen is simultaneously the craftsman, the tool, the skill, the work, the user, and the use itself.The being in zazen is the
Embodying the Mantra
The mantra is, above all else, a bodily experience.A penetration of vibration into the tissues.This understanding is crucial. Everything that can be said about mantras
Beach Theologians
Both feet in the SandTo understand the nature of water, it is useless to converse with a Ph.D in Oceanography from the edge of the
The Carpet of Non-Self
Impermanence = de-seizingTo realize what it means to de-seizeTo no longer grasp Herein lies the entire teaching of the Buddha, and all the esoteric teachings
Spiritual Etymology
While this is certainly not the case at the level of linguistic etymology, spiritual etymology acknowledges a very strong link between ‘prism’ and ‘prison.’ Every
Sitting for Life
Simply sitting is not a difficult path, it is an easy path,The difficult path is to practice the same way outside of sitting. Sitting your
A Book About Zen
I’m stopping my zazen practice hereto read a bit before going to bed. A book about Zen. Because it’s much easier to say that you
Light of the World
From where I stood…I never could have imagined that simply sitting could illuminate the world so much,Nor that a single sound of a bowl could
On A Cool Night (2)
Great is the temptation to pull the duvet of concepts up to yourself.The darkness it offers is filled with the crackling of artifice,and as for
On A Cool Night (1)
Be careful not to pull the blanket of concepts to yourself.Let your body encounter the coolness of the night air.Nothing can replace the truth that
Blowing On Ashes
An internalized form of fasting practice consists of ceasing to consume external knowledge. This can be observed on two levels: – The first is that
The Posture Settles In
I am always surprised by the immediate physical happiness I feel in the lotus position.Surprised to see how the posture settles within me as soon
