Monthly Archives: May 2012

 Boredom is part of the discipline of meditation practice. This type of boredom is cool boredom, refreshing boredom. Boredom is necessary and you have to work with it. It is...

facing each other
this morning—
as wisteria buds sway

taiza no kokoro fuji no mi no yureteiru asa

By Ippekiro Nakatsuka, from Love Haiku: Japanese Poems of Yearning, Passion, and Remembrance by Patricia Donegan.

It is never too late for any of us to look at our minds. We can always sit down and allow the space for anything to arise. Sometimes we have...

There is a problem in thinking that you are supposed to be advancing in your practice all the time. You don’t have to constantly be on the road. If you...

There are two cockadoodling roosters in the Gallery, one by a Shinto hermit and one by a Zen master. Insulted by her naughty brother Susanoo, the Goddess of Heavenly Light...