This topic was suggested by one of our younger female members who emigrated from India […]
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Thoughts From Our Abbot: Sensei Michael Elliston
Dharma Bytes blog posts are essays written by the Silent Thunder Order’s guiding teacher; Zenkai Taiun Michael Elliston, Roshi. These posts are updated regularly and include a wide range of topics related to Zen Buddhism, politics, and society. For blog posts written by other Silent Thunder Order disciples and priests check out Dharma Bits: Community Blog.
The question asked by one of our members for this month is whether social media […]
The question of politics raises its unlovely head occasionally in discussions of how we integrate […]
COMPARING RATIONALISM, THEISM, AND ZEN This book is a heartfelt expression of my personal confidence […]
Kongo Roshi was born Richard Valentine Langlois in Chicago Illinois on January 25, 1935. His […]
DharmaByteJAN2021 ZEN AS PROBLEM-SOLVING Zen as a problem-solving activity means, among other things, that zazen […]
Conspiracy It’s a conspiracy! That’s what the believers say — and they are correct. As […]
Owing to the Silent Thunder Annual Retreat and Conference, Elliston Roshi is not posting a […]
POTUS IGNORAMUS If you were expecting to read yet another political screed against (or in […]
SPECIAL MEMORIAL We want to pay due respect to the passing of Rev. C. T. […]
Atlanta Soto Zen Center Blog
March 2021 Gassho Newsletter
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Memorial Day
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