At a Glance
The Buddha realized enlightenment sitting under the bodhi tree. —No, wait, that’s not the right place to start. Let us start here instead: the Buddha was an ordinary human being. He went to the...
View ArticleYou Know This Blog is No Good Because I’m Trying to Write It
The other day, as I was finally emerging from under a large-scale translation project that consumed my time over the last few months (and basically shut down this blog), I checked Facebook and saw this...
View ArticleBehind Closed Doors
Like Dosho Port over at Wild Fox Zen, I have lots of things I want to write about, but when everyone is talking about a scandal, not talking about it starts to feel like avoidance. Today, to many...
View ArticleTeacher? Student?
The other night, after returning home from my teacher’s temple, where we celebrated the Buddha’s enlightenment, I fell head first into what I suppose is my own version of internet porn: Zen people...
View ArticleHere I Am
“Life is one continuous mistake” — for years, this has been one of my favorite Dogen sayings. I’ve always appreciated the humor of it — it feels honest, or at least like an honest description of my...
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