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Showing posts with label Richard Baker Roshi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Richard Baker Roshi. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 7, 2022

An Unauthorized Death

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When Maylie Scott’s mother died at home in Berkeley, she called me. Apparently after my stint at Maitri Hospice, I had the reputation as the...
Wednesday, December 15, 2021

Phil, dreaming of gummy bears, sees angels descending.

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The mind is a terrible thing to waste. Now Phil was dying. Perhaps as long as a year before, he’d reached back for his chair which wasn’t th...
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, October 1, 2021

Sex, death, and food.

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Dainin Katagiri Roshi admonishes Issan! This life we live is a life of rejoicing, this body a body of joy which can be used to present offe...
Friday, May 7, 2021

When the Breath Ends

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The case: Hekiganroku Case 3 Master Ba Is Ill Great Master Ba was seriously ill. The temple steward asked him, "Master, how are you fee...
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Monday, March 8, 2021

The Road to Rohatsu

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Ryutan’s Candle and Kenosha Mumonkan Case 28 The original Chinese Goang Longtan Chongxin (Dragon-Lake): Because Deshan Xuanjian asked more a...
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