The third of the three pure precepts that we receive when we enter formally into the Soto Zen Buddhist path is the vow to be with all things

What appears is not what it actually is. No matter what you do, you can't really cover up what is.

Watch what arises in your mind stream without adding your personal little stamp of approval, disapproval or disregard. Don't meddle...

No more war. That would be nice. It seems like all we hear about is war. Our history is full of it. People who are selfish, greedy,...

Don't ask 'why?' Ask 'what?' Why questions are circular. Some why questions like 'why am I cold' are helpful relatively and so we...

This talk is inspired by line seven of a Song of Milarepa: "Not seeing affliction and wisdom as differing. This is as full as...

“We know nothing until we know everything” is a line from a poem by 14th century Christian mystic St. Catherine of Sienna. When we...