Zen Master Kyong Ho (1849-1912) was the Great-grandteacher of Zen Master Seung Sahn, and the Great-great-grandteacher of me. Don’t wish for perfect health. In perfect health there is greed and

The Tripitaka Koreana — carved on 81,258 woodblocks in the 13th century — is the most successful large data transfer over time yet achieved by humankind. 52 million characters of

Zen was before God, so it is also before the Gutenberg Bible. What a delicious irony it is that the oldest book made from movable type was a book of

Question: On the topic of art, I stumbled upon Cheonjangsa* last week, having no clue where I was until I read an info panel. One of the murals [above] really

With Hae Jae day approaching (the official end of the 90-day Kyol Che), I was reminded of this event by one of my students. They are photos from my last

A provocative recent blog post on the state of the Zen tradition in Japan. Sadly, and for different socio-historic reasons, much could be said about the current state of Zen

One of the best in the business, his chant of this, and especially years earlier than this. I’d love to have a proper recording from back when he was chanting