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Looking Forward, Looking Back

Looking Forward, Looking Back

Aug 29, 2014

Photo by Simon Migaj from Pexels Last Saturday, we held the fourth annual conference of the network of...

Aging Graceful

Aging Graceful

Jul 1, 2014

Photo by Noelle Otto from Pexels The following request was sent to me by one of our more...

Heaven and Earth are”Not Two”

Heaven and Earth are”Not Two”

Jun 1, 2014

Photo by Johannes Plenio from Pexels In the ancient Chinese poems that we are studying in the current...

Zen and Busyness

Zen and Busyness

May 1, 2014

As a young Zen monk named Seikan Hasegawa recounted in “The Cave of Poison Grass”...

Zen and (Cultural) Evolution

Zen and (Cultural) Evolution

Apr 1, 2014

Photo by levy from Pexels The faux debate between adherents of creationism and promulgators of evolution has given...

Moving Forward, Looking Back

Moving Forward, Looking Back

Mar 1, 2014

Photo by Kehn Hermano from Pexels Last month’s Dharma Byte addressed finding the balance in daily life that...

Right Balance

Right Balance

Jan 1, 2014

Picture by Siva Smyth from Pexel. For Americans interested in pursuing a Zen practice, finding...

CREATIVITY AND ZEN

CREATIVITY AND ZEN

Apr 1, 2013

Visiting our affiliate center in Savannah on Cinco de Mayo, I was asked to talk...

ZEN MASTER

ZEN MASTER

Dec 1, 2012

Some have made the well-meaning mistake of referring to myself, as well as to others...

SIMPLE, NOT EASY

SIMPLE, NOT EASY

Oct 1, 2012

Zen is simple, but not easy. As I have mentioned elsewhere, it would be difficult...

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