Gethsemane, not Religion
January 2, 2021
The Garden of Gethsemane is where Jesus went to be alone when he heard that he would be arrested by the authorities. He entered that space — alone — to
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Shorter? Longer? Sittings / 3
September 27, 2020
When the usual daily sitting meditation period is suddenly extended, without any warning, there is the tendency to think that something is “longer” than usual. From the standpoint of before-thinking
Attain Zen 01
August 10, 2020
In Haugesund, Norway, in May 2019, a student asks about attaining Zen.
Attain Zen 02
August 10, 2020
Attaining Zen is not difficult — unless we want some complicated explanation, some understanding for our heads. The beautiful thing about posting teaching videos on Instagram is that you are
Cleaning, Cleaning, Cleaning
August 10, 2020
Dae Soen Sa Nim used to say to people, “Every day, you clean your body, clean your teeth, clean your clothing. But nobody cleaning this brain! Every day, we always
“In the Age of AI”
February 4, 2020
Frontline documentaries have always been among the most respected journalistic work on American public TV, on American any TV. They are non-political, in-depth, and they tear the veil covering some
Messenger Teaching
January 4, 2020
A Facebook Messenger exchange I had with someone I never met, back in 2017. Reading more books just to learn the Dharma is just delaying further the day when you
Ágios Ioánnis tis Thessaloníkis [1]
November 25, 2019
He’s in the house now. Ioannis of Thessaloniki took the Five Precepts last March at ZCR with Zen Master Dae Bong. Now, he’s back at ZCR and practicing hard. It’s
The Way, the Truth, and the Life
November 25, 2019
Don’t know anything about his books, but that is as clear and total a philosophy as any. It is the soul of the teaching of Zen. Moment-life = eternal life.
