The Heart, The Intellect and the Ass
“Faith is rarely where your head is at. Nor is it where your heart is at. Faith is where your ass is at! Daniel Berrigan… Read More »The Heart, The Intellect and the Ass
Where is Wisdom?
A Nobel prize, Lunar Communion, The Beatitudes and a Song of David’s Shakespeare gives us a fine image of good intentions gone awry:… Read More »Where is Wisdom?
What are the Most Important Zen Sutras?
Ask the Master What are the most important sutras? We are sometimes asked what are the most important sutras of our tradition?… Read More »What are the Most Important Zen Sutras?
How Do We Find the Field of Emptiness….Of Love?
Don’t Worry, We Are All One By Fashi Lao Yue For many years I have been aware of an underlying principle driving religious doctrines,… Read More »How Do We Find the Field of Emptiness….Of Love?
How to Find God on the Zen Path: The Heart Sutra, The Thread of Love
What no eye has seen or ear heard….. In the Zen tradition there is a ritual for tending to and disposing of the remnants… Read More »How to Find God on the Zen Path: The Heart Sutra, The Thread of Love
Flowers and Weeds by Getsu San Ku Shin
Spring. The word originally described the action of a watch spring, the mechanism designed to spring forth after being held back. Eventually spring… Read More »Flowers and Weeds by Getsu San Ku Shin
Connections: Religion & Spirituality
Connections by Ming Zhen Shakya, OHY All religions at their base level – the level at which they intersect the plane of ordinary citizens – are… Read More »Connections: Religion & Spirituality
Book Review: Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
NEW! Book Review Everything I Never Told You, by Celeste Ng, is remarkable because the author reveals a word of warning to those of us… Read More »Book Review: Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
The Flake of Soap
The Flake of Soap By Fǎshī Lao Yue As I washed my hands a small leaf-shaped flake broke off from the slippery soap bar and… Read More »The Flake of Soap
Mirror, Mirror: The Riddle of Self Reflection, The Seeker
By Fa Shi Lao Yue….We are the Light of the World Are we at words? I hope not. My purpose in writing this essay is… Read More »Mirror, Mirror: The Riddle of Self Reflection, The Seeker