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Founder’s Month Celebration 2018

Founder’s Month Celebration 2018

Oct 1, 2018

Rev. Dr. Soya Matsuoka-roshi For Founder’s month each year, we celebrate Matsuoka Roshi’s coming to...

Jukai in July – Beyond Understanding

Jukai in July – Beyond Understanding

Jun 1, 2018

In my most recent Dharma Byte, published in May, I made some comments regarding the...

Primary Anger

Primary Anger

Apr 4, 2016

Picture by  Freestocks.org from Pexels When I received a note suggesting the issue indicated by...

From the Mouth of Rev. Matsuoka Roshi                  Founder’s Month 2014

From the Mouth of Rev. Matsuoka Roshi Founder’s Month 2014

Nov 1, 2014

Rev. Dr. Matsuoka Roshi “Be careful of that one little thing that you allow yourself…...

Time For Zen

Time For Zen

Nov 1, 2013

Halifax, Nova Scotia Affiliate Sangha 2001 This has been a busy month, what with a...

Lineage & Legacy of the STO

Lineage & Legacy of the STO

Jun 1, 2012

To learn about the Lineage and Legacy of the Silent Thunder Order, watch the narrated...

Climbing Zen Mountain III

Climbing Zen Mountain III

Oct 1, 2011

This article will complete the series of three essays on the Three Treasures, or jewels,...

ANXIETY & ZAZEN

ANXIETY & ZAZEN

Sep 1, 2010

  Last month we discussed the topic of anger and zazen, a subject that comes...

Anger & Zazen

Anger & Zazen

Aug 1, 2010

The subject of anger has been coming up a lot lately in discussions of the...

Quitting Zen

Quitting Zen

Feb 1, 2008

February 2008 Nobody likes a quitter, and nobody wants to be seen as a quitter....

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