Avoiding Spiritual Traps
A dharmic defense of political engagement
Robert Aitken
Robert Aitken (1917-2010), a prominent Zen teacher in the Harada-Yasutani lineage, was cofounder of the Honolulu Diamond Sangha and the Buddhist Peace Fellowship.
Zen Master Raven Stories
A brief excerpt from Zen Master Raven: The Teachings of a Wise Old Bird
Finding Your Place
Select wisdom from sources old and new
Setting Up Your Home Altar
Most of us cannot afford a separate room for zazen, but all of us can make a corner sacred. Put your pad and cushion there, with a low table or shelf for incense, flowers, and a…
The Nature of the Precepts
An introduction to Zen ethics
Zen Shorts
What is Zen? Robert Aitken provides three takes.
MeditationMagazine | On Practice
Giving Full Circle
Robert Aitken Roshi offers a meditation on the ideal of circular giving, founded in an ancient Hawai'ian land-sharing custom
Zoo-logical Zen
In Robert Aitken Roshi's forthcoming book, Zen Master Raven offers shrewd advice to his animal sangha.
MeditationMagazine | On Practice
The Teacher in Everything
Tangle your eyebrows with your ancestral teachers and Robert Aitkin Roshi and laugh at Shunryu Suzuki Roshi's unexpected counsels to beginning Zen students.
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