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The invisible light in your life that is always there...

Zazen is just this.

Without a map, how does the monarch butterfly migrate through reality? Beyond definition lies the actual reality of our lives.

Transmitting the Dharma. How many minds do you have?

Interdependent origination: suffering globally and personally.

The non-outflow of the six perfections. The Six Perfections (or Pāramitās) are the core practices of the bodhisattva path.

A willful nature is hard to tame.  A tangle of thorny bushes: the faint murmur of running water. But here and there are footprints—is this the right path?

The first Picture of the 10 Ox Herding Pictures and cultivating the way through the practice of meditation.

Sitting with sore legs.

Zazen is intimacy and freedom.

The simple, difficult teaching. Don’t make Zazen; just sit.

Interdependent Origination: Universal Sacredness.

Hui-neng, the Sixth Patriarch says, “one day a shopkeeper ordered a load of firewood brought to his store. After he took the delivery and paid me, I walked toward the door and met a customer reciting the Diamond Sutra out loud. As soon as I heard the words, my mind felt clear and awake, and I asked the man, ‘Where did you get this scripture you’re reciting?” And so began the journey of one of Zen’s most revered teachers.

Attempting to be the problem solver is the source of anger.

The three principles of practicing the Middle Way.