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. Yesterday, we looked at a book by a Swami, promising states of eternal bliss and joy, imperishable and pure, a freedom from the need to return to, in the Guru’s words, “this miserable land of birth, old age, disease and death” … Our Zen practice is very different from that. However, it is also…

. I came across a book by a Swami, promising states of eternal bliss and joy, imperishable and pure, a freedom from the need to return to, in the Guru’s words, “this miserable land of birth, old age, disease and death” … all to be found just “over the rainbow” … Such claims are very…

Some folks have written recently to ask, Hey, Jundo! What’s with all the hair & the beard? I thought Zen monks are supposed to shave? Well, many Zen teachers of old had hair and/or beards … … and even recent Ch’an monks … and Western women (though usually not the beards) … … Master Dogen…

Today, our most special guest ‘sits-a-long’ … The subject was the ‘Kesa’ (skt. kâshâya), the monk’s outer robe. The ‘Rakusu’ is the shortened version that I wear most days. Nishijima Roshi always sits in a full Kashaya. He recently wrote this: I think that not only monks, but all human beings should wear Kashaya when…
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