sky is getting thicker to shelter trees night reaches closer  rest given to everything tiles on star-lit roofs nettles cobbles on the pathway ei-tai ji temple alpes-de-haute-provence

only now starting to view umbrellas differently it took this long as in younger years i looked at you with some disdain thinking thinking umbrellas you are a mere diversion from exposure to the inclementies of the skies in nine years of living dans une chaumière en haute normandie où les pluies sont reine not once did i take a look at you refreshing mea culpa to let go the dilluded view that keeping humans dry is your higher purpose in life sound box to nimbus dome of timele

zazen as a godless and objectively meditation practice.

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

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...