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Im spending today enjoying this Christmas Day with Kathi, watching
Im spending today enjoying this Christmas Day with Kathi, watching The Quiet Man on TV, and rereading the first book about Zen that I ever read, long,...

Tough day today. Exhausting in fact. Ever have one of those
Tough day today. Exhausting in fact. Ever have one of those days? A lot o f searching and emotional involvement. Nothing much got done, except sh...

So I bought this Kindle 9 inch fire HDX about a year ago. Nice,
So I bought this Kindle 9 inch fire HDX about a year ago. Nice, for what it does (FB, mail, cruise the web, e-books) . . . . and especially to buy st...

My answer, elsewhere, to the question of how many Rolls Royces
My answer, elsewhere, to the question of how many Rolls Royces should a Zen teacher have: I, myself, drive a 2006 Toyota Solara convertible. (Its ...

I live in a area where virtually all new enclaves built since the
I live in a area where virtually all new enclaves built since the mid-1990s, . . . and thats the vast majority now, . . . have gates. Each newer hou...

In old Folsom prison last month, I gave a talk on the Heart Sutra.
In old Folsom prison last month, I gave a talk on the Heart Sutra. Our lineages version refers to Avalokiteshvara as Kannon, the Japanese version of ...

When people initially become involved in Buddhism or Zen they
When people initially become involved in Buddhism or Zen they often have a misunderstanding of emptiness. They hear many philosophical concepts of wh...