Playing at Paste … Until Qualified for Pearl PART 2
Notice – Two Points. Please read PART 1 first, then come back and read this, PART 2. Thank you. Before we jump in further,… Read More »Playing at Paste … Until Qualified for Pearl PART 2
Playing at Paste…Until Qualified for Pearl Part 1
Welcome Dear Friends. This piece may be longer than most of what ZATMA posts. But it is hot off the heart – heated up… Read More »Playing at Paste…Until Qualified for Pearl Part 1
Practice I Am Here
My main practice for many, many years has been Zen Buddhism. It includes sitting, silence and study. Over time and with the help and… Read More »Practice I Am Here
To Walk Invisible, A Zen Parable
“To Walk Invisible” is a television drama that first aired in 2017 about the three Brontë sisters, Charlotte, Emily and Anne. The story tells of… Read More »To Walk Invisible, A Zen Parable
Chapter Two – The Human Dilemma
Chapter Two looks at the very heart of our dilemma – it is simple – we are caught in the divided delusion of right and… Read More »Chapter Two – The Human Dilemma
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
Lesson 5b. The Second Rank to End Suffering
Divided Man by FLY, 2019 The main teaching I was introduced to many years ago by my first teacher was from the Genjo Koan… Read More »Lesson 5b. The Second Rank to End Suffering