With palms together,
Organ Mountain Zen
Thursday, April 29, 2021
A Place of Neither Hot or Cold
Wednesday, April 28, 2021
Zen Peacemakers International
With palms together,
I am pleased to announce that we are now an affiliate of Zen Peacemakers International. This is a remarkable international organization dedicated to engaged practice around the world.
On Facebook: Zen Peacemakers | Facebook
On the web: Zen Peacemakers International
Please click on these and take a look.
Yours in the Dharma
Daiho
Friday, April 23, 2021
Troublesome
With Palms Together,
Troublesome thoughts: opinion is not fact. Feelings are not fact. Thoughts are not fact. Yet most of us, i believe, consider our subjective perceptions, thoughts and feelings, to be fact, fact that we act upon.
Tuesday, December 8, 2020
Rohatsu
With palms together,
Today, December 8th, is the day in history Siddhartha became the Buddha, the Enlightened One. We call it Rohatsu, "the eighth day of the twelfth month." It is said, after practicing zazen under a tree, on the eighth morning he looked up and saw the morning star and in that instant became fully awake: "Anutarra Samyak Sambodhi" complete unexcelled awakening.
Monday, December 7, 2020
Sitting under the Stars
With palms together,
Tuesday, December 1, 2020
Masterful
With palms together, No matter what you may think of my fellow priest Rev. Jundo Cohen, he is a force to be reckoned with in today's Zen world. He has taken on the institutions of Zen, created an awesome international Zen Community, and now produced a masterful text on Master Dogen Zenji's shobogenzo, a text as relevant and inspiring as any I have ever read.
Thursday, November 26, 2020
Gratitude
With palms together,
Good Morning All,
Today is a day to offer our gratitude for the wonder that
is our lives. We were born human beings
capable of great good and great evil.
You each have the great opportunity to be as fully human as possible,
Giving, kind, and compassionate, you are the seeds of things to come. Please
consider on this day the many gifts you have received and acknowledge them with
your gratitude.
May we each take that gratitude out into
the world around us.
Happy Thanksgiving, y’all
Daiho