Writing About the Dharma to Someone Behind Bars I recently received a letter from a man in prison requesting guidance on the Buddhist path. He
Heaven, Hell, Earth and The Way A Zen Perspective The Way Courses Through Heaven and Earth A lot of people associate religion with beliefs about
This everyday, ordinary practice-enlightenment (fruit-flower) has a rippling effect around the planet where we humans activate our role among all the other species, as that aspect of the universe that has the ability to reflect on itself, or, as Dogen Zenji puts it in ‘Genjo Koan,’ “That you go forth and experience myriads of things is delusion. That myriad things come forth and experience themselves is Awakening.”
With family bedside, ROBERTS, Christine Kyoki, died December 19, 2023, at the age of 72 in Omaha, Nebraska. She is survived by her son, Joe Eliason, her daughter-in-law, Isabel, her three grandchildren, David (Amber), Tristan and Krista, by three great-grandchildren, Scarlet, Liam and Oliver, as well as her two sisters, Melinda Jane Roberts and Jean Shaw Roberts.
Thought Provoking and Elusive Worldviews that Run Us “Enso” By Daishin A worldview is that which bridges the way we think and what we believe
The Heart of the Matter My father would have been in a coffin when I was 16 years-old had he not noticed subtle changes in
Prison is not just a place in our minds. In Buddhism we talk about how the mind is our worst prison, but that the mind can also liberate us. However, there are real prisons all around us…
SDG #11 and the Tenzo Kyokun Climate change, at heart, is a spiritual problem. While we can point the finger at rising CO2 emissions, on
Precepts can provide a supportive system in which to live out our personal vision for what we want to contribute to this world before we die. Precepts also guide whole communities of people to act for the welfare of the planet, rather than simply for human self-interest.
With the rise of recent hate crimes targeting the Asian American community I feel it necessary to share my love, appreciation and dedication to the people that have fed me spiritually for the last 30 years. American Zen is indebted to countless Japanese Americans, Chinese-Americans, Korean-Americans, Tibetan-Americans and Indian-Americans who have over the past two centuries brought with them the spiritual teachings from their lands of origin.
