Reply to a Reader: Becoming a Monk
July 11, 2019
Question: Becoming a monk has always been something I felt I wanted to do since I started my Zen practice. But how does one know when they are ready to
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Retreat Posting
July 11, 2019
By training and temperament, I never access social media for personal matters during intensive retreat — Kyol Che or otherwise. (The only exceptions are for Zen Center admin-related official posts
The Mirror: “I Am Not Your Friend”
July 4, 2019
The great Korean Master So Sahn (1520-1604) wrote an instructional seed-text for Zen practitioners which has had a profound influence on the work of the history of Zen meditation in Korea,
A Rave in Athens
July 4, 2019
I was recently invited by some of our precious Greek Zen students to a true rave in an abandoned factory in the old industrial heart of Athens. The place was
Artists I Love 1
June 27, 2019
It has always been pleasurable to share with others the work of artists who particularly move me. And that means pointing to something that another person creates or “envisions” that
Women Cannot Get Enlightenment
June 21, 2019
One of the sharpest teachings of Dae Soen Sa Nim (Zen Master Seung Sahn). He was constantly pointing directly to our original nature, and nothing else. He considered our “outside”
It Ain’t Good — It Ain’t Bad
April 29, 2019
Seeing this great bodhisattva tomorrow in Oslo. Erik “Yogi” Møller — great friend and brother and Zen student — the man who first liberated me from carbs. (Are there many
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