Showing posts with label Hartford Street Zen Center. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hartford Street Zen Center. Show all posts
Sunday, December 12, 2021

"One day not work, one day not eat," 一日不做一日不食

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The renowned revolutionary Chinese Master Baizhang Huaihai ( 百丈懷海; Hyakujō Ekai) is perhaps most well known for introducing manual labor to ...
Friday, December 10, 2021

Q and A Zen

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A cautionary tale plus a koan — or two. A friend recently told me about some advice from a Taoist master. I admit that I automatically distr...
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Thursday, September 2, 2021

“They Never Get the Pleats Right”

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A Mondo Master Nansen* was washing clothes. A monk asked: "Is the master still doing such things?" Master Nansen, holding up his c...
Saturday, May 22, 2021

Issan’s Jesus Koan

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Sacred memories hidden in a shoe box Originally posted 23 April 2010 This is a story about my friend and teacher Issan Dorsey Roshi, but it...
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Thursday, October 29, 2020

"The Three Key B’s of Buddhism: Bowing, Boring and Bliss," by Phil Whalen & Ken Ireland

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Phil with Allen Ginsberg and Anne Waldman at Naropa Bowing, Boring and Bliss I recall a talk about “Bowing” by Zenshin Phil Whalen at the Ha...
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Friday, October 11, 2019

Issan said, "I have things to do."

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Originally posted April 23, 2010 Photo:  © Rick Gerharter One night during Winter sesshin, John Tarrant opened the floor for questions and c...
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