Returning from Japan
Picture by Belle Co from Pexels In my recounting of my first trip to Japan...
Traveling to Japan
For those who have never done so, and wonder about traveling to Japan, I would...
Going To Japan
Picture by Pixaby from Pexels In the early days of my practice, whenever someone would...
Giving
Picture by Pixaby from Pexels In Buddhism, giving, or generosity, is called dana, a Sanskrit...
Training
Photo by Daria Shevtsova from Pexels Last month’s Dharma Byte was titled “REALIZING Beginner’s Mind...
Realizing Beginner’s Mind
Picture by Karolina Grabowska from Pexels. This month’s one-day retreat (J. zazenkai) was held Saturday the...
Knowing
Picture by nicollazzi xiong Pexe In Zen we speak of “not-knowing” as the preferred alternative...
Sickening
Picture by Pixaby from Pexel. To close the trilogy on the three cardinal forms of...
Dying
Photo by Alain Frechette from Pexel. I wrote about aging in a prior Dharma Byte,...
Causality
The principle of causality in Zen is not simply that what goes around comes around....
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?...
