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Zen in Ten: "Like a Cowherd Counting Cows that Belong to Others"

"Every Monk Down in Who-Ville"

Zen in Ten: "It Is Not by Means of Animosity that Animosities Ever Cease"

"The Unsurpassed Dharma of the Oceanic Samadhi"

Zen in Ten: "Mind Precedes All Mental States"

"The Moon's Sea of Serenity"

"On This Night, the Tathagata Attained True Enlightenment"

Zen in Ten: A Profound, Peaceful, & Luminous Dharma

“The World in Ten Directions Is Filled with Radiant Light"

“As Soon as the Morning Star Appeared . . ."

Introducing the Spark Zen Chat!

"The Wheels of Practice and Dharma . . . Are Constantly Turning"

"The Oneness of Cultivation-Realization Means Awakening Is Never Incomplete"

Carving the Divine: A Beautiful Film Showcases an Ancient Buddhist Tradition

“The Old Bandit Gautama Entered Mara’s Lair"

“The Ancient Adept Took to the Weeds for Six Years"

Zen in Ten: "If Menaced by Dragons or Demons"

“Change Nothing. Be Present.”

Sending Boundless Thanks!

Zen in Ten: "Our Zazen and The Precepts Are One"

"Bodhi Originally Has No Tree"

Zen in Ten: The Art of Free Soloing

The Fist of SELF

Zen in Ten: A Few of My Favorite Books

The Garden of Flowers and Weeds: A New Translation of the Blue Cliff Record

Zen in Ten: The Seven Factors of Awakening

Hungry Ghosts in the Gloaming

Zen in Ten: “The Imaginary Is Without Self by Definition"

The One Who Is Not Busy

"What Difference Does Being a Woman Make?"

Zen in Ten: "The Realm of No Thought"

Two Zen Monks Walk Into A Bar

Zen in Ten: Piercing the Veil of Manas

A Tale of Drunken Enemies

Zen in Ten: "All Dharmas Are Unreal. They’re Like an Echo."

"There's Beauty in Silence"

Zen in Ten: The Buddha of Infinite Life and Light

The Sound of One Hand Slapping

Zen in Ten: "The Sacred Pine Endures the Chill of Time"

Luminous Darkness: Embracing the Unknown as a Path of Liberation

"Love Letters Sent from the Rain"

"All faults are like frost and dew"

Zen in Ten: "Like Pouring Water into the Ocean"

The Other "F-word": Faith

Zen in Ten: "Have No Designs on Becoming a Buddha"

AWOL on the Battlefield of Karma

Zen in Ten: Dewdrop on a Heap of Dung

Cloud & Water Priests: The Zen Practice of Wandering

Zen in Ten: The Metta-Verse (Not Meta!)

"Goings and Comings Are the Self of Mountains"

Zen in Ten: Hungry Ghosts Hanging Upside Down

A Bigger Sky: Awakening a Fierce Feminine Buddhism

Zen in Ten: What's Karma Got to do With It?

The Cocktail of Karma

Zen in Ten: "Water Is the Palace of the True Dragon"

The Inextinguishable Hidden Lamp

Zen in Ten: Present Mind Is Ungraspable

Breathing and Birthing on the Living Room Floor

Zen in Ten: Miroku Bosatsu

Untangling Karma, Uncovering Infinite Wisdom

Zen in Ten: Cutting Through the Veil of Delusion

Happy Interdependence Day!!

Zen in Ten: "God of Peace"

The Prism of the Dharma

Zen in Ten: Jizō Bodhisattva

Zen, Shamanism, & Freedom Amid Oppression

Zen in Ten: "Each of Us Is Born a Jewel"

Go Where There Is No Cold

Zen in Ten: "We Should Not Be Like a Snail"

The Shamanic Bones of Zen

Zen in Ten: "Love & Justice Are Not Two"

Spark the Heart

Zen in Ten: Kannon Bodhisattva

The Mysticism of Dogen's Zen

Getting Up at Night in a Boat

Zen in Ten: "We Are Stars Suspended Nowhere"

The Zen of Writing

Zen in Ten: Trust in Mind

In Aversion Weeds Grow

Wake Up! Life is Transient!

Zen in Ten: No Need to Be Chained

Gotami Cuts Her Hair

Zen in Ten: Lingzhao's Shining Grasses

When You Greet Me, I Bow

Zen in Ten: What Washes Off Dirt & Water?

The Sun of Awareness

Zen in Ten: Give Me One Word

One Track Zen

Monks' Sandals in Confused Heap

Zen in Ten: Mighty Miaoxin's Acquiescent Mind

Diaphanous Daffodils: Hidden in Plain Sight

Zen in Ten: Iron Grinder Liu

Zen in Ten: Mt. Mo Does Not Reveal Its Pure Summit

The Book of Form & Emptiness

Zen in Ten: The Paramitas

There's a Place for Us, Somewhere

Zen in Ten: Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī

On Suffering & Social Justice

Zen in Ten: The True Eye of Women

No Wind, No Flag, No Mind

Spark Peace: Solidarity with Ukraine

Zen in Ten: The Grave Precepts

It is Your Mind that Moves

Stop Dwelling on Passing Days

Pine & Bamboo Endlessly Speak on My Behalf

Zen in Seven: The Wayseeker

Mind Like Sky

Empty, Yet Resonant

Zen in Ten: "He of the Light"

Breath Like Wind

The Beauty of Impermanence

Zen in Ten: A Clear Mirror

Body like a Mountain

Attention is a Gift

Zen in Ten: Dogen Says

The Comfort of Zazen

The Fire of Our Lives

Zen in Ten: Beginner's Mind

Taking Refuge in The Three Jewels

The Swinging Door of Self

Riding the Clouds

Zen in Ten: No Knowing

Where are you going?

Perspective Changes Everything

The Sun Rises in Our Hearts

Zen in Ten: What is Zazen?

New You Each Moment

Becoming a Free Person