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To Kill a Cat
Consoling a sick friend, a Zen teacher untangles our separate self-existence.
Jundo Cohen
Jundo Cohen is a Soto Zen teacher and founder of the all-digital Treeleaf Zendo. He is the author of The Zen Master’s Dance: A Guide to Understanding Dogen and Who You Are in the Universe (October, 2020), as well as Building the Future Buddha: The Zen of AI, Genes, Saving the World, and Travel to the Stars (January, 2024), and co-host of The Zen of Everything podcast.
Personal Reflections Zen Buddhism
Zazen, Stillness, and Change
Ahead of the new year, a Zen teacher reflects on the passage of time
Making Endless Bodhisattva Vows
Why stop at four vows when needs are numberless?
Zen Monastic Practices at Home
Is it possible—and necessary—to incorporate Zen monastic practices into our everyday lives? A Zen priest shares his advice.
Personal Reflections Compassion
What Do I, One Buddhist, Have to Offer?
A Zen priest reflects on the greatest gift he can offer others during times of great suffering.
Shikantaza and the Morning Star
It’s not easy, but freeing "just sitting" from comparison and goals is the right way to realize this Zen practice.
Where Samadhi and Radical Goallessness Meet
A teacher explains how “just sitting,” the core practice of Soto Zen Buddhism, makes space for breath practices and concentration.
The Teaching of Ho-i: Each Dharma Dwells in Its Own Position
Abstract as it sounds, this Soto Zen concept summons insight into and liberation from one’s experience of the world.
The Koan of Zazen Sailing
Sailing for sailing’s sake, sitting for sitting’s sake, the wind in our zazen sails.
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