3 wee ones from Ravens

The Other Days unsettled grey rains across the lake even the fire duller now as if unable to breathe   your absence  airless and without remedy   ~~~~~~~~~~~~     Catzen Every moment Of sunlight The cat Knows Just what to do ~~~~~~~~~~~   Shelly Gone To America Rain whispers Through my open window Night [...]

may all who journey

“You talked about the first principle again, but I still don’t know what it is,” I said to Suzuki. “I dont know,” he said, “is the first principle.” –Shunru Suzuki

may all who journey/ excerpt from John Daido Loori, Roshi

. John Daido Loori, Roshi is the abbot of Zen Mountain Monastery. A successor to Hakuyu Taizan Maezumi, Roshi, Daido Roshi trained in rigorous koan Zen and in the subtle teachings of Master Dogen, and is a lineage holder in the Soto and Rinzai schools of Zen. The Prologue The empty sky vanishes. Mountains are [...]

may all who journey

oct.9.2009 Dear Friends, Roshi John Daido Loori left this sphere of practice at 7:30AM this morning. If you would like to read Zen Master Bernie Glassman’s eulogy, please click here. http://www.zenpeacemakers.org/roshi_john_daido_loori.html

may all who journey

Zen is the everyday mind In the case of archery, the hitter and the hit are no longer two opposing objects, but are one reality. Zen is the everyday mind, as was proclaimed by Baso (Ma-tsu, died 788); this everyday mind is no more than sleeping when tired, eating when hungry. As soon as we [...]

if we truly see the world

if we truly see the world as it is our hearts would break. and  if our hard and well protected heart were broken then they would become truly soft. what if we all treated the world with softness, the natural softness of the human heart? is that buddha is that christ, is that the goddess [...]

may all who journey

The Whole Day -the whole day is practice. As Long As -as long as we are in the present moment, we are relaxed. -– Ringu Tulku

may all who journey

from the head to the heart, this is said to be the longest journey – Ringu Tulku

may all who journey catzen

Catzen Every moment Of sunlight The cat Knows Just what to do

may all who journey – remember