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American Zen8 comments

Jack Daw wrote 1 week ago: Gustave Doré's illustration to Dante's Inferno. Plate IX: Canto III: Arrival of Charvel … more →

Tags: Books, Buddhism, Esoteric Buddhism, Home Practice, Zen

A Simple Fall DIY & A Little Sweet Soul Inspiration2 comments

Kate wrote 3 weeks ago: I was perusing some blogs and forums yesterday and I came across this telling excerpt from John Daid … more →

Tags: Create, do, Soul-Inspired Stuff, Themes, Finding the Still Point, Handmade Thanksgiving cards

Being and Doing

Andrea wrote 1 month ago: Many of us think of Buddhism and other meditative approaches to life as very passive.  However I as … more →

Tags: Develop Discipline, Family Life, Discipline, Learning, Goals, commitment

Training Break #163

ebwrite wrote 1 month ago: Right now, how is it? Right now, where is your practice? Where do you find yourself? That’s al … more →

Tags: Zen Buddhism, Zen, Buddhism

may all who journey

pdlyons wrote 1 month ago: oct.9.2009 Dear Friends, Roshi John Daido Loori left this sphere of practice at 7:30AM this morning. … more →

Tags: may all who journey, Zen, Roshi

creativity will never make sense

emellesse wrote 1 month ago: Naturalness, spontaneity, and playfulness are all aspects of the ordinary mind that catches a glimps … more →

Tags: Artisans, Creativity, Art, awakened eye, Homage, Limitless Being, natural mind, Ordinary Mind, Photography

Bill wrote 1 month ago: Abbot John Daido Loori, Roshi (1931-2009) … more →

Tags: Sangha, Buddhism

vale Daido, Roshi

emellesse wrote 1 month ago: John Daido Loori, Roshi, has left us. He died on Friday morning. Gratitude for this extraordinary be … more →

Tags: Artisans, zen arts, bernie glassman, Dharma, Zen, Zen Mountain Monastery

Daido

floatingink wrote 1 month ago: 1931-2009 … more →

Tags: Art Practice, pen and ink, zMM, Zen Mountain Monastery, daido, Roshi

John Daido Loori Roshi, Influential American Zen Teacher, Dies at 78

gobeyondwords wrote 1 month ago: John Daido Loori Roshi, successor to Hakuyu Taizan Maezumi Roshi, founder of the Mountains and River … more →

Tags: daid, Zen

descending the mountain

monkeymind wrote 2 months ago: This morning’s mail brought a reminder that John Daido Loori, Roshi, abbot and founding teache … more →

Tags: meditating, Zen teachings, bearing witness, Buddhist Practice, meditation, Zen monastery, Zen training, Jan Chozen Bays, Taizan Maezumi

Sun, setting in the East1 comment

ebwrite wrote 2 months ago: Very sorry to hear of this. … more →

Tags: Zen Buddhism, Zen, Buddhism

John Daido Loori "Descends the Mountain"

gobeyondwords wrote 2 months ago: From Shambhala SunSpace. Mountain and Rivers Order website on John Daido Loori: “Only a few days of … more →

Tags: Zen

hearing with the eye

emellesse wrote 3 months ago: How can we hear with the eye and see with the ear?  We must first set down ‘the pack’ – … more →

Tags: Artisans, Perception, zen arts, Art, ear, eye, insentient, intimacy, Making Love with Light

Dogen on painted cakes and hunger

emellesse wrote 4 months ago: Zen saying: painted cakes do not satisfy hunger Meaning, painted cakes aren’t the real thing, … more →

Tags: Creativity, wonderings, Art, Zen, Nonduality, Painted Cakes, Truth, Ego, Self

Butterflies and Tigers and Bears

knowthankyou wrote 6 months ago: The ability to look at things from a variety of perspectives is not only a survival skill in life, i … more →

Tags: Figuring Things Out, Art, Perspective, non-duality, Zen of Creativity, Zhuangzi, Creativity, Creation, Inspiration

The March reading list

Mam Adar wrote 8 months ago: Seven books a month seems to be my average reading pace–not quite two books a week. The UFO Ph … more →

Tags: druidry, Buddhism, Book Reviews, Stephen King, John Michael Greer, Charlaine Harris, Vampires, Bodhisattva

Essential Zen: A video Dharma talk 1 comment

zensquared wrote 11 months ago: This video is very good, straightforward Dharma — from John Daido Loori, Roshi, and abbott of … more →

Tags: Zen, Buddhism, Dharma, Teachers, Video

life on the via creativa2 comments

emellesse wrote 2 years ago: My version of the via creativa isn’t a path, it’s a journey.  The path opens up beneath … more →

Tags: via creativa, textile & transformation, Art, shibori, textile art, Painting, Creativity, Acrylics, Japan


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