Welcome to this wonderful, iconic essay of our late teacher Ming Zhen Shakya. Many may know this article was published on the Chinese Buddhist website here. Also, for those who do know of Hank Hill…
It seems fitting that during the week the President of the United States was impeached by the House of representatives, that we return to Ming Zhen’s essay on The Habit of Seeking Truth. A few…
I had never heard the entire poem. I had heard only the opening line which Fa Shi (Gisho Senderovich) had recited in the course of conversation. “Ah, yes,” she had said, “it’s just as I…
What is true is Real. The Real World is defined as that which is unconditional, universal, immutable, and eternal. Eternal is to be outside of time; and this can occur only in the “ego-absent” immediate…
There is a Zen story that needs telling here: A Zen master had become famous for the special tea he brewed, and another master, having heard about this wonderful tea, sauntered into his room one…
“The need begins with the man drinking saki; but soon the saki is drinking the saki; and finally the saki is drinking the man.” — Kosho Uchiyama Roshi It is not the fault of Thorleif…
What does it mean to love one’s neighbor? To love one’s neighbor means, while remaining within the earthly distinctions allotted to one, essentially to will to exist equally for every human being without…
From the archives. You’ll need to print it out and study it. NO KIDDING. MIng Zhen gives us both a wonderful review of the novel, Bee Season but also an excellent practice of concentration. It…
