by Zenju | Aug 4, 2014 | All Things Related to Buddha
Willing to Look | August 3, 2014 If we are willing to look long enough in the mirror of zazen [seated meditation], past seeing ourselves as objects, we have the potential to see that we are nature itself—we are born and will die, just as the trees, flowers, and...
by Zenju | Dec 25, 2012 | All Things Related to Buddha
In ancient China tea began as a medicine and was considered a drink of introspection–a cup of humanity. It was considered in the realm of poetry. The tea masters made their own cups and tea pots. Their calligraphy and red signature stamps were placed prominently on...
by Zenju | Dec 10, 2012 | All Things Related to Buddha, Audio of Chants
Nuns from Korean Zen temples visited San Francisco Zen Center during my stay there. The above picture is not them but wanted to share the beautiful chanting they offered us one morning. Click the play button below. Enjoy the sounds of the Heart Sutra....
by Zenju | Oct 16, 2012 | All Things Related to Buddha, Poetry & Prayers
We live in the realm of dust, in which we find corners, and walls to cling to, we might lie or hang there together thinking we are the corner, or the wall, until the wind comes from the door being opened, and our dusty selves are sent off to another part of the...
by Zenju | Oct 15, 2012 | All Things Related to Buddha
No one can guide you into your dark moist interior, where the moss has grown in layers, where bamboo could sink itself into you, creating private places. Your innermost earth has no words, so it will not call you. No, the deep does not speak, think, or take action, It...
by Zenju | Sep 10, 2012 | All Things Related to Buddha, Divine Your Life
Many wonder the reasons that people often point to the color of their skin, the texture of their hair, their ancestry, history, gender, and other embodiments. And yet as the song by India Arie so keenly states, “I’m Not My Hair,” we are not the...
