For many who practice Zen, every aspect of practice is refuge. Awakening, the Way and our Companions are present in every moment, to be touched, to be relied upon. We come home to them in our solitary meditation, in our…
Love is Watching Someone Die
Friends, This letter came from a young woman who has just recently returned from serving in the U.S. Air Force in Iraq. Her main task, and one she took on so thoroughly that she voluntarily extended her tour of duty…
About Art (lightly)
This one’s for fun.
Road to Peace
Advice from Robinson Jeffers
Then what is the answer? — Not to be deluded by dreams. To know that great civilizations have broken down into violence, and their tyrants come, many times before. When open violence appears, to avoid it with honor or choose…