" Everyday is a journey and the journey itself is home." - Matsudo Basho To those of you who are joining or contemplating joining us on...

wonderful! marvelous! the teachings of the insentient are inconceivable. ( chan master dongshan, 9th c.) " the ceremony of innocence is...

because directly i could not, speaking obliquely of these times of ...that's how hölderlin called it over two hundred years ago: times of...

in the world of zazen, when we sit, we are sitting with all beings even though we may think we are just sitting on our own. the just...

Back home now reflecting on our 5-day silent retreat a few days ago at Great Ocean Road in Victoria. During the talks, we delved into...

We are at Karuna Center, in Monchique, Portugal, starting our Autumn 8-day silent retreat. When we sit together in silence, what...

ei-tai ji temple, la rochette, 13 august 2000 here is a poem i presented to my teacher, ryotan tokuda roshi, on my monk ordination day...

ultimately the journey makes us understand that there is no going from here to there and no becoming for us. the journey begins and ends...

dôgo and zengen went to a house to express condolences. zengen rapped on the coffin and asked, "alive or dead?" dôgo said, "I won't say...

After two days and many hours of sitting in zazen, the incessant thoughts of my every day life, the distractions and desires finally...

m’illumino  d’immenso - giuseppe ungaretti at the end of your long journey, you may well take note that the journey never had a beginning...

daybreak silent retreat payangan bali To sit with others in silence and stillness, what is it? An experience for each person to...

Practice and its integration in daily life cannot be about reaching a sense of perfection at some point in time. It is not that there is...

Zen Master Nansen is asked by a student about the Way. “Ordinary mind is the Way”, replies the teacher. “Do I need to direct myself...

Reading Meister Eckhart’s sermons, we learn that god is not to be found here, not to be found there. She is not to be found anywhere or...

yogi's garden, payangan, bali, march 2024 ___________________________________________ fragments from a silent retreat stepping into this...

silent retreat april 2024 welcome words before stepping into silence : ' invitation au voyage ' here we are gathered at the onset of a...

' You have to say something!' This is the title of a book of talks given by Dainin Katagiri, one of the pioneering figures of Zen in the...

mount bromo, java timur, january twenty-four _________________________________________ carnet javanais awakening to emergence of light /...

What you see on this image is a view over the valley and the rolling hills on the last day of our silent at Karuna Center in Monchique a...