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Sandokai (Part 1)

January 8, 2020

Christopher Biggs

The Sandokai also known as The Meaning of Sameness and Difference or The Identity of the Relative and the Absolute is a Chinese poem written in the eighth century by Zen master Sekito Kisen. This poem is an essential part of the Soto Zen liturgy. The intention of the...

2020 New Year's Message

January 5, 2020

Ruben L.F. Habito

Dear Friends,

As we welcome the new year and the new decade of the 2020’s, with a heart full of gratitude to each and everyone of you, I convey my deep-felt wishes and prayers for peace and well-being for everyone. On this occasion, allow me to offer some notes on...

Family Matters---Welcoming 2019

January 1, 2019

Ruben Habito

Let me begin by citing from an inspiring sermon I heard at a Eucharistic celebration on the Feast of the Holy Family, Sunday, 30 December 2018, at St. Johann’s Basilica, in Saarbrücken, Germany. Given the theme of the day, the preacher, as to be expected, spoke about...

From the Teacher

Zen Practice: Sitting in Silence with the Pain of the World

September 18, 2017

Ruben Habito

What is Zen practice all about? It is following our heart to the path of true freedom, the wisdom of seeing things as they are, which leads us to compassion. We are helped by countless people who have gone before us. We look to Shakyamuni Buddha and his own awakening e...

From the Sangha

Maria-Kannon: A Focal Point for Buddhist Christian Interactions

November 10, 2011

Jason Bartashius

Thomas Merton proclaimed in his essay, “The Woman Clothed with the Sun” that a certain power existed in the fact that we know so little of the Virgin Mary. Merton saw Mary’s non-divinity as virtuous in itself and realized that her humility and “hiddenness” offered a pa...