Leaving Home
Picture by Pixaby from Pexels The monastic ideal of “leaving home” is repeatedly praised by...
ACTUALIZING THE FUNDAMENTAL POINT
Picture by Anouar Olh from Pexels In last month’s Dharma Byte, “Turning Points in Living...
Jukai in July – Beyond Understanding
In my most recent Dharma Byte, published in May, I made some comments regarding the...
Cultivating Zen Precepts
Picture by Pixaby from Pexels The practice of Zen is often referred to as a...
Zen Does Not Work
Picture by Kaushal Moradiya from Pexels Last things first. I’ve said it before, and at the...
Natural Zen
Picture by James Wheeler from Pexels Zen is experiential in nature. Zen also includes re-experiencing Nature....
What the World Needs Now
Picture by Pixaby from Pexels On a recent trip to Virginia, to inaugurate the establishment...
Buddha Blows His Nose
Picture by Daniela Ruiz from Pexels During Rohatsu retreat this year I took several turns...
Mass Murder Victims Subject to Rebirth: A Meditation on the Latest Atrocity Born of Ignorance
Picture by Renato Danyi from Pexels This Dharma Byte follows on last month’s, titled “An...
An Act of Pure Evil
This is how our President defined the recent mass shooting in Las Vegas, an event...
Atlanta Soto Zen Center Blog
March 2021 Gassho Newsletter
What Is a Zen Garden?
Recently, I noticed that many people find our website by...
Swords into Plowshares
Photo by Nick Fewings on Unsplash That Old...
Virtual Reality
Virtually real —We see it just as it is,Sitting with fixed...
Memorial Day
Memorial Day Sneaks up on you with a bang! What to remember?...
