Dogen’s Genjo Koan: Three Commentaries
The fine folks at Counterpoint Press sent me a copy of Dogen’s Genjo Koan: Three Commentaries for my review. So here goes. First off, the by-line on this thing is a doozy. Here’s what it says under the title: EIHEI DOGEN ZENJITranslations andCommentaries byNishiari Bokusan,Shohaku Okamura,Shunryu Suzuki,Kosho Uchiyama,Sojun Mel Weitsman.Kazuaki Tanahashi, andDairyu Michael Wenger Phew! […]
“Moe and Curly” or “Get Started Today”
Here’s a question someone sent twice. So he must really want to know. If you have a moment can you please clarify something on your blog: “I mean that when Moe hits Curly on the head with a sledgehammer, Moe is really only hitting Moe on the head with a sledgehammer. It only appears to […]
Can You Be My Teacher?
I feel like it might be time once again to address one the most frequent questions that comes to me: Can you be my teacher? I have addressed this before. I’m not even sure how many times. Maybe I should make it an annual thing. Or, given how often I’m asked, maybe I should just […]
The Look
Akemashite omedetou gozaimasu! y’all! That’s “happy new year” for those who can’t read Japanese. Here’s an email I got recently. Attached is a picture of Behring Breivik, the guy who shot, bombed and killed about 77 people in Norway this summer. He has been examined by psychiatrists and they have come to the conclusion that […]
A Christmas Stocking Type Jumble of Unrelated Ideas
Merry Christmas everybody! Or if you don’t do Christmas Happy Kwanza, Hanukkah, Ramadan, Festivus, Rohatsu or whatever. I’m down in Dallas where, yesterday, I attempted to visit the Occupy Dallas movement with my dad. Only when we got to where they’re supposed to be at the time they’re supposed to meet there was nobody around. […]
