Zen can offer something very simple, very direct and readily accessible to anyone seeking inner peace, seeking healing in some form, or seeking answers to questions such as ‘Who am I?’ ‘How can I find meaning in my life?’ ‘How can I live in a most authentic way?’
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Kanzeon, one with Buddha
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Please click the audio link to listen to the tribute to Robert Aitken Roshi, presented by Ruben Habito and the members of the MKZC.
Dear Friends,
As some of you may already know, Robert Aitken Roshi, widely known and respected Zen Master and founder of the Diamond Sangha lineage, and revered elder dharma brother to me, died recently at the …
Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor had an opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: One morning, she realized she was having a massive stroke. As it happened — as she felt her brain functions slip away …
Mountain Standard Time
One hour up the trail
I would’ve whooped for joy
If I’d had the energy
Kinhin up a mountain
Where the balance of each step
Demands
Attention
Where the buzzards glide
You hear the wind in
their wings
Hope they don’t shit in …
by Ruben Habito
Editor’s Note: This is part of a series of articles on The Ten Ox-Herding Pictures. View all the available articles of the series here.
By way of preparation for this third picture, let me …
