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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.
First let’s challenge the idea that we are, actually, doing the same thing again and […]
“So, to dream of a bright future does not mean turning away from the dismal […]
“What Buddha was before his insight was the same as what he was afterward, of […]
For Founder’s month each year, we celebrate Matsuoka Roshi’s coming to America in 1939, which […]
In my manuscript for “The Original Frontier” I am currently editing (for hopefully the last […]
The monastic ideal of “leaving home” is repeatedly praised by Master Dogen in the ordination […]
In last month’s Dharma Byte, “Turning Points in Living the Zen Life,” I touched on […]
In my most recent Dharma Byte, published in May, I made some comments regarding the […]
The practice of Zen is often referred to as a form of cultivation. Like growing […]
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