Joko Beck’s thoughts on tragedy were a challenge for me, but I was attracted to these lines: “From the moment of conception our life is...

Claude Anshin Thomas’ book, Bringing Meditation To Life, is a collection of short, practical Zen teachings. Chapter 10 is titled “Go...

HARMONIZING THE MIND So here we are. We have come to the last phase of Master Sheng-Yen's teaching: No-Self, No-Mind. My hope is that you...

This month we look at phase six, ''The Unified Mind of Samadhi''. This is where your whole world is blown to bits. Where all of your...

5. Pure but Effortful Concentration on the Method In the fifth phase, there exists only pure counting of breaths. There are neither...

4. Subtle and Unbroken Application of the Method Just as before, you are able to maintain concentration on counting breaths...

3. Coarse but Unbroken Applications of the Method By the third level, you are able to maintain uninterrupted concentration and count each...

In the evening gatha, chanted by many Zen Buddhist groups, we are reminded that “life and death are of supreme importance, time swiftly...

Dogen teaches in his Mountains and Rivers sutra that, “The walking of the Blue Mountains is swifter than the wind, but human beings in...

Mountains and waters right now are the actualization of the buddhas and ancestors – Dogen, Mountains and Rivers Sutra Seven years ago I...