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Today’s subject is “sitting with Anxiety” …  Is it true that “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself” ?? (and thank you very much to all the folks who wrote to ask about my son Leon. He is feeling much better today) (remember: recording ends soon after the beginning bells; a sitting…

I was going to start a series of talks yesterday on an old Zen writing … Master Dogen’s Bendowa (sometimes called “A Talk about Pursuing the Truth”) … But our son, Leon, started throwing up at 4am … and I’ve been up all night and all day with him (he is better now, after the…

Zen is sometimes described as “A special transmission outside the scriptures, not relying on words or letters.” Yet historians of Zen Buddhism almost unanimously agreethese days that the ‘Zen way’ rarely, if ever, left thewords and letters behind. In fact, throughout its history, Zen Practicehas been intertwined with Buddhist philosophy, Sutra study, andscholarship of the…

Well, it is nearly Valentine’s Day, and love is in the air … A few days ago I spoke about how most “Zen Monks” in Japan marry: MARRIED MONK and today you will meet this monk’s “better half”!! What is a Zen Buddhist perspective on love?  (today’s video sitting below)
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