Essays
Ulterior Defenses, Remixed
Janus, the Roman God FOREWARD by Fashi Lao Yue When I would grumble about something to Ming Zhen, she would inevitably get to… Read More »Ulterior Defenses, Remixed
Time to Resurrect This Teaching on LOVE
It certainly sounds bizarre: the ritual consumption of food or drink that symbolizes or transmutes into the body and blood of a god. Atheists… Read More »Time to Resurrect This Teaching on LOVE
The Prophet Jeremiah and Zen Buddhism
I once heard someone call the Old Testament prophet Jeremiah,” a guy you’d never invite to dinner.” Why’s that? I wondered. Well, Jeremiah was one… Read More »The Prophet Jeremiah and Zen Buddhism
The Broom and the Dustpan
The Broom and the Dustpan Just seeing the photo reminds me of my work in the material world – the world known as the… Read More »The Broom and the Dustpan
Don’t Look Back
Don’t Look Back The past is already past. Don’t try to regain it. Don’t think there is something more important… Read More »Don’t Look Back
Wait! by Lao Huo Shakya
…the practical man is here invited: to a training of his latent faculties, a bracing and brightening of his languid consciousness, an emancipation from the… Read More »Wait! by Lao Huo Shakya
At the Core of the Coreless
Ayya Medhanandi Breakfast Reflections I’ve talked quite a bit about the tornado and eye of the tornado. And I spoke more about the… Read More »At the Core of the Coreless
Unbearable Bliss
More and more I have less and less to say. I am like an old rusty water spigot that drips single, slow drops on… Read More »Unbearable Bliss
Doing It Right
Earlier this summer, I took vows to live my life as a Zen monk. In a dawn ritual, my head was shaved, I received a… Read More »Doing It Right