by Zenju | Dec 10, 2020 | Audio Excerpts of Books
A beautiful glimpse into the daily practice of a modern contemplative, The Deepest Peace reveals poetic moments of stunning clarity from the eyes of a Zen priest. Through silence, stillness, and practice, Zenju Earthlyn Manuel transmits how it is possible to cultivate...
by Zenju | May 19, 2020 | Pandemic
We are living with the coronavirus pandemic. And we are also living with a pandemic of grief and hatred underlining the virus. Every morning we wake up from our dreamworld, after a minute we realize that something has died. That something is the world as we know it....
by Zenju | Jan 28, 2020 | Latest Essays
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by Zenju | Jan 14, 2020 | Sharing the Breath of Life
close to the earth—intimacy Scaled quail squabble and run together across dirt roads, making nests between small spaces. It’s a love affair. There seems to be genuine love between them, because they are each other. From here, it sounds like they talk the same...
by Zenju | Dec 22, 2019 | Uncategorized
It’s dark. The wake-up bell rings for morning meditation in the zendo. Feet hang out the side of the bed. The time has come to do the mundane— wash the face, brush the teeth. The bath in the hot springs will come in the afternoon before tea. For now, it is...
by Zenju | Oct 22, 2019 | Sharing the Breath of Life
We are specks of dust on a strand of Mother Earth’s hair. There is no need for us to “save” the Earth; we sim- ply need to let her discard what has become stale. We need to release our planet of our wanting and begging, our ignorance and confusion, and be weaned from...
