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Flapping with Vitality: What’s the Point of Dogen Study? 27 Aug 2013 | 05:22 am
What’s the point of study in Dogen Zen? Given my Dogenophile disposition, I’m asked this question from time to time, and especially now that I’m developing an online study program, Vine of Obstacles:...
Toni Packer of Springwater Center dies at 86 24 Aug 2013 | 10:14 pm
The Shambhala Sun has reported today that German-born Toni Packer, founder of the Springwater Center, died yesterday at age 86 — having entered hospice care on August 13. Zen teacher James Ishmael Fo...
Tozen Akiyama interview 24 Aug 2013 | 09:32 pm
Tozen Akiyama is a Soto Zen priest. He was born in Takasaki City, Gumma Prefecture, Japan in 1936. He started Zen sitting under the guidance of Tosui Ohta Roshi in 1972 and was ordained by Ohta Roshi ...
Zen on the Yellow Brick Road 23 Aug 2013 | 10:12 pm
When we start to practice we bring our fears and issues that we have used to define ourselves throughout our life. We might initially come to Zen because we think it will give us peace of mind or rela...
SIT-A-LONG with Jundo – TO ALL SOLO PRACTITIONERS: Don’t Be A Selfish Pratyeka-buddha! 22 Aug 2013 | 06:25 am
Many times I hear folks say that they want to practice on their own, and not join in a Buddhist Community, because doing so gets in the way of their own practicing and sitting. To such folks, other pe...
The Emptiness of Egypt 18 Aug 2013 | 04:11 am
This is a spiritual fact, from a Zen point of view, not an opinion or a judgment. It is neither good nor bad and it is neither an excuse to do or not do anything in particular. It’s easy to see there...
New equipment / Zen in America redux 16 Aug 2013 | 05:14 pm
Thanks again! I’m off to Toledo today but will check back later to see if we have any new articles to get out there. Amazon Wishlist (18 items left): http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/36GDWG...
Zen in America – The Documentary (Please Read) 14 Aug 2013 | 03:46 pm
Dear Readers, I am currently filming for a documentary I am tentatively calling Zen in America, a project which will take several years to complete and will require that I travel the country intervie...
Zen Needs Therapy 12 Aug 2013 | 02:59 am
Although they have different parents they may look alike, act alike and even have the same goals, but an intimate relationship between them has never quite been accepted. Zen people say that combinin...
Zen undefined 11 Aug 2013 | 04:49 pm
It’s interesting that in the years of running this site, there’s never been an explicit article defining what Zen actually is. Who would want that task? I was rereading Koun Franz’s interview we post...
