In our zen practice we have basic forms we follow. We bow when we enter the dharma room and before we sit down. We bow 108 times in the morning. We chant mantras and dharanis and sutras. We do seated meditation with our hands in a certain form. When we do walking...
Where are you dwelling right now? No – not just your house, but in your head. Where are you? We dwell many places during the day. Today I was dwelling with my grandson and worrying about him. At meditation tonight, I was dwelling in...
My sister is a wise woman. She always is working on herself and although she has a different religious tradition than my own, I always value her spiritual work and advice. A couple of years ago she made a resolution to say “yes” to whatever...
The practice of Zen meditation is multi-faceted and actually not easy to put into words. Each person must find their way in this practice on their own. Simply put, this practice places our lives in the very forefront of humaness – of being fully alive right...
Zen Master Seung Sahn taught that this “don’t know” mind is the same for everyone. When one is not thinking than your don’t know mind and my don’t know mind and the don’t know mind of all things in the universe are the same. I read...