Clear beginner’s instruction for shikantaza, guidance on how to work with obstacles specific to it, and the inspiration to just dive in
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Zuisei offers the most powerful way to face the heart of loneliness and to shed the ignorance that sustains it.
Read MoreRelating daily life and practice to Koso Uchiyama’s contemporary Zen text on the importance of zazen and letting go of thoughts in order to see the nature of the self…
Read MoreWhere we are and what we are doing is exactly right—even when it’s a struggle…
Read MoreLooking towards restorative justice and koan practice to understand what it means to be fully present and open to all the circumstances of our lives, no matter how challenging…
Read MoreI can’t. I won’t. This is the sound of fear in the lead. And a sign to look closer.
Let’s return to the three steps or ways to enter our zazen—failing, falling, and feeling—and study the fear that often holds us back from fully realizing them…
We don’t always know we’re perfect, we don’t always feel complete, yet fundamentally, both are true of who we are…
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