Teisho: Case 66, Book of Equanimity: Kyûhô’s “Head and Tail”
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“… the movement into service …“ Description: Henry begins by explaining how koans are a doorway into the deepest aspects of our existence. Zen is about letting go of everything we think
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Cottage Opening Celebration Photos
Saturday May 5 Celebration Ryoun Roshi cuts the ribbon… Sit and short talk with Ryoun Roshi Interior Photos… Chris Wuest manager/overseer of the entire project. Thank
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The Nonduality of Good and Evil, David Loy
If only there were evil people somewhere, insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line
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Between the Human Animal and the Animate Earth (Part 1b of 6)
“… when we speak, the world is speaking through us …“ Description: This is the first in a three-part series of spontaneous conversations between Henry and David Abram. David is a cultural ecologist,
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Arrested by Light
I was suddenly arrested in the long, crunching path of the ridge by an exceedingly pointed awareness of the light. The moment I paused, the full impact of the mood
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Between the Human Animal and the Animate Earth (Part 1a of 6)
“… the sacredness of our human inter-being with the rest of nature …“ Description: This is the first in a three-part series of spontaneous conversations between Henry and David Abram. David is a
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Are Human’s Special? Part 3 by David Loy
Let one’s thoughts of boundless love pervade the whole world — above, below, and across — without any obstruction, without any hatred, without any enmity. ~ Metta Sutra We are
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Teisho: A Map of Zen Training (Part 5)
“… There is no self, no witness, and no world and it is marked by a sense of deep relief and joy …“ To reach satisfaction in all, desire its possession in
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Are Human’s Special? Part 2 by David Loy
…we are creatures that know we are creatures; moreover, we are creatures that create, and know that we create. We are featuring some of David Loy’s recent writing on our
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Teisho: A Map of Zen Training (Part 4) & Case 64, Book of Equanimity: Shuzan’s “Bride”
“… the most important thing about Zen training. It is the experiential discovery that we are not alone, we are not individual, we are not separate from anything …“ Zazen is the
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