Food Poisoning and Teacher Training
Actually, there’s no connection I can think of between food poisoning and teacher training other than that I got an e-mail asking me about teacher training while I was suffering from food poisoning. This photo is from the last time I got food poisoning, back in the year of our Lord twenty-ought-five. Nobody took a […]
Silence is Always Available
How about this? Tomorrow we will make our first attempt at conducting a true life Zen morning service. This may end up looking like a Zen morning service or it may end up being a complete train wreck. For you see, dear reader, I shall attempt to train people how to do the ceremony (which […]
Amanda Palmer
Tonight I’ll again be leading a Zen Meditation class at 7:15 pm at Yogavidala 4640 Franklin Avenue LA 90027 corner of Vermont & Franklin in Los Feliz (behind 7-11). This will happen every Wednesday! Be there and be Zen! —– I saw Amanda Palmer last night. It was the most amazing rock and roll show […]
“Monasticism? Didn’t Even KNOW Him!” or “Does Monastic Practice Teach Discipline of Obedience?”
Dogen wrote a piece for Shobogenzo called Shukke Kudoku or “In Praise of Home Leaving.” It’s probably the best example of what has become one of the most problematic aspects of Dogen’s writings for Western lay Buddhist followers of the Soto tradition. This is the chapter in which he most emphatically states that the only […]
Bring Me My Robe Back Please Holokai Brown
I’ll be leading a Zen Meditation class every Wednesday evening at 7:15 pm at Yogavidala 4640 Franklin Avenue LA 90027 corner of Vermont & Franklin in Los Feliz (behind 7-11). Starts tomorrow! Be there! A couple days ago I returned to Los Angeles from my month-long stay at Tassajara Zen Mountain Monastery. While I was […]
