Special Experiences Do Special Experiences Mean Anything? We're in a strange moment in Zen in the West where, in at least nine of ten zendos, all "experiences" are lumped together and dismissed.
Oxherding Pictures So You've Seen Mu... Below is an excerpt (slightly modified) from The Three Pillars of Zen. The first paragraph shares the light-and-happy part of the awakening story of a man who trained with Genki Taji Roshi (1889-1953), a direct successor of Harada Sogaku Roshi. The rest is Taji Roshi's post-kensho instructions for him. More
Keizan Featured What Is The Heart of Zen? Reflections On The Transmission of Luminosity The Record of the Transmission of Illumination (J. Denkoroku) by Keizan Jokin Zenji (1264-1325) is one of the most important dharma texts available to us today - so important that the great master Harada Sogaku Roshi (1871-1961) chose it for his reformed koan curriculum. In a recent post, I shared
Paid-members only Keizan A Black Lacquer Person Runs Through the Night: The Sudden Awakening of Keizan Jokin
Awakening We Are All This Luminous Mind: The Possibility and Importance of Awakening An article by me (with the help of many friends) that appeared in Tricycle, 1/29/22. Their heading: "A Zen view of what awakening is and isn’t, with personal stories from contemporary practitioners."
