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Yearning to be Met

by Chuan Zhi

Published May 08, 2013

'The human heart yearns for contact - above all it yearns for genuine dialogue. Dialogue is at the heart of being human. Without it, we are not fully formed -... Read more

Sidetracked by Institutionalized Zen

by Chuan Zhi

Published Feb 10, 2013

I was approached recently by a man in his middle years who had spent much time sitting with various Zen groups around the country. He had left one after... Read more

Contemplating Consciousness

by Chuan Zhi

Published Sep 01, 2012

Consciousness. We don't think about it, we don't act upon it. It's just there. We awaken in the morning and go to the bathroom and do those things, make coffee,... Read more

No Mind? Really?

by Fa Gong Shakya

Published Jul 01, 2012

A couple of weeks ago a friend came to me to discuss problems she was having in her meditation practice. She was quite distraught at what she felt was her... Read more

Just Who Am I?

by Yin De Shakya

Published Apr 27, 2012

Each of us has a narrator in our head. An internal voice that we call “me”. And most of us assume that this narrator is real. We assume that it’s... Read more

Mara the Abuser

by Fa Gong Shakya

Published Apr 02, 2012

In Buddhist literature we are often exposed to Mara, the sometimes wily, sometimes violent, sometimes beguiling tempter of Gautama on his way to Buddha-hood. Mara can be said to provide,... Read more

A Woman's Work

by Fa Lian Shakya

Published Mar 14, 2012

Seeing things as they are Awareness opened one of the Dharma doors with a new way of seeing things. She started to understand more and more, then realized that all... Read more

Hua-t’ou: A Method of Zen Meditation

by Stuart Lachs

Published Mar 09, 2012

There are two different ways of understanding and actually practicing Zen. These two different ways are termed in Chinese pen chueh and shih-chueh respectively. The term pen chueh refers to... Read more

Just Being, a poem

by S. Elliot Sozan

Published Jan 01, 2012

The plum trees blossoms In the middle of winter. There is no robe no color. In practice there is no time, no culture, no sex. In pure existence the breath takes what... Read more

Reincarnation - a.k.a., New Year's Day

by Yin De Shakya

Published Dec 30, 2011

It’s a new year; a time for looking forward, and a time for looking back. Each time we celebrate “New Year’s Day” we are giving ourselves the opportunity to begin anew.... Read more

Connecting the Dots

by Fa Lohng (Koro Kaisan)

Published Dec 12, 2011

Students who come to my weekly Dharma talks (or who meet regularly with me in private) are often confronted with my insistence that they view the world more holistically. This... Read more

The Urban Hermit

by Fa Dong Shakya

Published Dec 05, 2011

As anyone versed in Chan’s history knows, the hermitic life is a common one passed through by many of China’s most famous Chan teachers. In fact, all mystical traditions commonly... Read more

The Urban Hermit

by Fa Dong Shakya

Published Dec 05, 2011

As anyone versed in Chan’s history knows, the hermitic life is a common one passed through by many of China’s most famous Chan teachers. In fact, all mystical traditions commonly... Read more

The Hua-Tou Practice

by Chuan Zhi

Published Oct 04, 2011

Zen’s hua-tou practice recently seems to be enjoying a renaissance among the small contingent of Zen Buddhists speckling the globe. In part, this may be due to the growing awareness... Read more

Don’t Drink the Kool-aide: How to Avoid the Projection Trap

by Chuan Zhi

Published Sep 22, 2011

Don’t Drink the Kool-aide: How to Avoid the Projection Trap

Introduction In 1912 the French philosopher Lucien Lévy-Brühl published a collection of works that gave us a new model with which to view the relationship between self and other. He offered... Read more

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