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Stone and ash
Soko Morinaga Roshi sometimes said: “It’s not necessary to look for something special; we just need to know our mistakes.” What he called mistakes is…
Apr 15, 2022
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March 2022
Unsupported consciousness
“If consciousness does not land anywhere, that state I tell you is without sorrow, affliction, or despair.” This statement of the Buddha sounds very…
Mar 15, 2022
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February 2022
Red-hot stove
Zen practice has nothing to do with intellectual speculation, and it also isn’t a philosophy. Philosophy, a Greek word, means “love of knowledge…
Feb 15, 2022
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Trust
Feb 1, 2022
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January 2022
Effortless
“When the wind comes to the surface of the water.” Reading this Chinese poem, our first reaction might be “so what?” or “what about it?” But instead of…
Jan 15, 2022
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December 2021
The blue mountain
The blue mountain - in the white clouds. There are many different words and expressions pointing to that which is indescribable. One reason is that…
Dec 31, 2021
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The Unthinkable
Most of the time, we operate within a linear mental framework, using thought to arrive at an answer or solution to a problem. This works well for many…
Dec 15, 2021
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November 2021
The traces a bird leaves in the sky
The Japanese Zen Master Muso Kokushi (1275-1351), while still being a monk in training once asked his master: “I still have not clarified the matter of…
Nov 30, 2021
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Suchness
The willingness and readiness to defend our opinions and ideas of what’s right and wrong, often based on misinformation, denial, and twisting reality…
Nov 15, 2021
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October 2021
Beautiful misunderstanding
When young couples came to the temple to ask Morinaga Roshi for advice, he sometimes would say, “It starts with a beautiful misunderstanding, turning…
Oct 31, 2021
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Fragrance of emptiness
I unfolded you like the layers of a rose, wanting to see your soul, I didn’t see it. But all around, horizons of lands and oceans,
Oct 15, 2021
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Infinitely deep and free
After many years of spiritual practice, people are sometimes disappointed because they don’t feel that they’ve made any real progress. Frustration…
Oct 1, 2021
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