Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Interview
Good for Nothing
A modern-day Zen master reflects on three generations of irreverent teachings.
Koans
Joshu’s Dog
If Zen koans included GIFs
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Interview
Other Fingers Pointing to the Moon
An interview with Zen master and former priest Ruben L. F. Habito
MeditationMagazine | Dharma Talk
Uselessness
The koan of just sitting
Did Bodhidharma Invent the “Mu!” Koan?
A monk asked Zen master Zhaozhou, “Does a dog have buddha-nature?” Zhaozhou replied, “Mu!” “Mu!” is one of a handful of Zen stories from ancient China that have become famous. This koan has served as the…
Green Koans Case 54: Nichiren’s One-Eyed Turtle
CASE #54: Nichiren’s One-Eyed Turtle Nichiren Daishonin wrote: “This is as rare as the one-eyed turtle finding a suitable hollow in a floating sandalwood log, or a thread lowered from the heavens passing through the…
Green Koans Case 31: Daito’s Raincoat
CASE #31: Daito’s Raincoat Daito Kokushi wrote a short verse about the rain: No umbrella, getting soaked,I’ll just use the rain as my raincoat. BACKGROUND Daito Kokushi A Japanese Zen master of the Rinzai sect,…
A Matter of Misdirection
How we learn by looking in the wrong place
The Art of Being Wrong
Why being wrong can be the best thing that ever happened to us
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