A Thought Experiment to Go Beyond Thought
A practice and exercise on the elusive nature of the Zen tenet of nonthinking
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Larry Ward, Respected Buddhist Teacher in the Plum Village Tradition, Has Died
The poet, author, and cofounder of the Lotus Institute is remembered as a “lighthouse of love.” Ward was 77.
Making All of Life a Field of Awakening
The story behind Eihei Dogen’s legendary “Genjokoan”
A Small Stone
To find true joy under some limitation is the way to realize the whole universe.
How ‘The Blue Cliff Record’ Came to Be
The oldest Koan collection has a compelling story of its own
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Just Sit as Yourself
A direct teaching on renunciation and zazen
Traveling the Bodhisattva’s World
Soto Zen monk Kosho Uchiyama Roshi recounts episodes from the life of Chinese patriarch Bodhidharma in a teaching on faith and compassion.
Shiro Tsujimura’s Exploded Forms
Contemporary ceramist Shiro Tsujimura combines traditional Japanese styles of pottery with avant-garde sensibilities, aspiring to bring out the mu of each vessel he creates.
The Five Opponent Powers
The guiding teacher of Ocean Mind Sangha on the Buddhist factors that make up repentance and atonement
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