Meditation As Mirror: Self-reflection Without the Self

Mindfulness, Persistent Practice, and Brain Development

Coming to the Path - Tom Kowal

Responding to the Environmental Crisis - Part 2

Responding to the Environmental Crisis - Part 1

April 2013 Sesshin, Day 7: Blue Cliff Record #36: "Changsha Goes for a Walk"

April 2013 Sesshin, Day 6: Mumonkan #13: "Seppo the Cook"

April 2013 Sesshin, Day 5: Zen Master Foyan, "Instant Zen: Waking Up in the Present" (T. Cleary) V

April 2013 Sesshin, Day 4: Zen Master Foyan, "Instant Zen: Waking Up in the Present" (T. Cleary) IV

April 2013 Sesshin, Day 3: Zen Master Foyan, "Instant Zen: Waking Up in the Present" (T. Cleary) III

April 2013 Sesshin, Day 2: Zen Master Foyan, "Instant Zen: Waking Up in the Present" (T. Cleary) II

April 2013 Sesshin, Day 1: Zen Master Foyan, "Instant Zen: Waking Up in the Present" (T. Cleary) I

Our Bodies' Microbes--Who Is That "Other"

The Lankavatara Sutra, Bodhidharma's Favorite

February 2013 Sesshin, Wayman Kubicka, Day 2: Long Practice Required

February 2013 Sesshin, Wayman Kubicka, Day 1: Inconceivable

Cancer, Success, and the Cult of Positive Thinking

Dharma Talk by John Pulleyn: "Getting Beyond Thoughts"

Wintry Simplicity: Returning to the Hearth of our Innate Resources

Commitment and Wholeheartedness

January 2013 Sesshin, Day 7: Blue Cliff Record #4: "Deshan Carries His Bundle"

January 2013 Sesshin, Day 6: Mumonkan #40: "Kicking Over the Water Bottle"

January 2013 Sesshin, Day 5: Zibo: The Last Great Zen Master of China (J.C. Cleary) V

January 2013 Sesshin, Day 4: Zibo: The Last Great Zen Master of China (J.C. Cleary) IV

January 2013 Sesshin, Day 3: Zibo: The Last Great Zen Master of China (J.C. Cleary) III

January 2013 Sesshin, Day 2: Zibo: The Last Great Zen Master of China (J.C. Cleary) II

January 2013 Sesshin, Day 1: Zibo: The Last Great Zen Master of China (J.C. Cleary) I

Breaking Habit Patterns and Regrets With Each Breath

Shooter's Mind and Original Mind--One, or Two?

December 2012 Sesshin, Day 4: 'Buddha' by Karen Armstrong

December 2012 Sesshin, Day 3: Zen Master Bunan, from 'The Original Face' (T. Cleary) III

December 2012 Sesshin, Day 2: Zen Master Bunan, from 'The Original Face' (T. Cleary) II

December 2012 Sesshin, Day 1: Zen Master Bunan, from 'The Original Face' (T. Cleary) I

Beyond Buddhism, Beyond Secularism, Beyond Zen

The Precepts: Working With Habit Energy and Beyond Guilt

November 2012 Sesshin, Day 7: Shoyoroku #20: "Dizang's Most Intimate"

November 2012 Sesshin, Day 6: Blue Cliff Record #18 "The National Teacher's Seamless Monument"

November 2012 Sesshin, Day 5: 'Essential Teachings of Zen Master Hakuin' (Waddell)

November 2012 Sesshin, Day 4: Zen Master Hakuin, 'Wild Ivy' (Waddell) IV

November 2012 Sesshin, Day 3: Zen Master Hakuin, 'Wild Ivy' (Waddell) III

November 2012 Sesshin, Day 2: Zen Master Hakuin, 'Wild Ivy' (Waddell) II

November 2012 Sesshin, Day 1: Zen Master Hakuin, 'Wild Ivy' (Waddell) I

Voting and the Conditioned Mind

Dharma Talk by John Pulleyn: "Birth and Death"

Teisho by Sensei Amala Wrightson: Reconnecting with Our Beginner's Mind

October 2012 Sesshin, Day 7: Shoyoroku #13: "Linji’s 'Blind Donkey'"

October 2012 Sesshin, Day 6: Mumonkan #41: "Bodhidharma and Mind-Pacifying"

October 2012 Sesshin, Day 5: Zen Master Bassui, 'Mud and Water' (Braverman) V

October 2012 Sesshin, Day 4: Zen Master Bassui, 'Mud and Water' (Braverman) IV

October 2012 Sesshin, Day 3: Zen Master Bassui, 'Mud and Water' (Braverman) III

October 2012 Sesshin, Day 2: Zen Master Bassui, 'Mud and Water' (Braverman) II

October 2012 Sesshin, Day 1: Zen Master Bassui, 'Mud and Water' (Braverman) I

September 2012 Sesshin, John Pulleyn, Day 2: "Everything Arises, Everything Falls Away: Teachings on Impermanence and the End of Suffering" by Ajahn Chah and Paul Breiter, II

September 2012 Sesshin, John Pulleyn, Day 1: "Everything Arises, Everything Falls Away: Teachings on Impermanence and the End of Suffering" by Ajahn Chah and Paul Breiter, I

Elite Athletes, Ordinary Zen Practitioners, and Pain

Teisho by Roshi Philip Kapleau, November 1975 Sesshin, Day 7: Mumonkan #22 "Kashyapa and a Flagpole"

Effort, Ease, and Excellence in Zazen and Performance

July 2012 Sesshin, Day 7: Mumonkan #24: "Abandon Words and Silence"

July 2012 Sesshin, Day 6: Mumonkan #7: Joshu's "Wash Your Bowl"

July 2012 Sesshin, Day 5: "Swampland Flowers: The Letters and Lectures of Zen Master Ta Hui", (trans. J.C. Cleary); V

July 2012 Sesshin, Day 4: "Swampland Flowers: The Letters and Lectures of Zen Master Ta Hui", (trans. J.C. Cleary); IV

July 2012 Sesshin, Day 3: "Swampland Flowers: The Letters and Lectures of Zen Master Ta Hui", (trans. J.C. Cleary); III

July 2012 Sesshin, Day 2: "Swampland Flowers: The Letters and Lectures of Zen Master Ta Hui", (trans. J.C. Cleary); II

July 2012 Sesshin, Day 1: "Swampland Flowers: The Letters and Lectures of Zen Master Ta Hui", (trans. J.C. Cleary); I

Not Succumbing to Either Busyness or Idleness

Zen Capping Phrases and Other Verse

June 2012 Sesshin, Day 6: Mumonkan #48: "Kempo's One Road"

June 2012 Sesshin, Day 5: "Zen Letters: Teachings of Yuanwu", (trans. J.C. Cleary & Thomas Cleary); V

June 2012 Sesshin, Day 4: "Zen Letters: Teachings of Yuanwu", (trans. J.C. Cleary & Thomas Cleary); IV

June 2012 Sesshin, Day 3: "Zen Letters: Teachings of Yuanwu", (trans. J.C. Cleary & Thomas Cleary); III

June 2012 Sesshin, Day 2: "Zen Letters: Teachings of Yuanwu", (trans. J.C. Cleary & Thomas Cleary); II

June 2012 Sesshin, Day 1: "Zen Letters: Teachings of Yuanwu", (trans. J.C. Cleary & Thomas Cleary); I

Blue Cliff Record #36 "Changsha Goes for a Walk"

Twenty-eight Benefits of Meditation (from a 1st-century text)

Tribalism, Part II: Dividing the World Into Us and Them

Tribalism, Part I: Racial Bias As Human Imprint

April 2012 Sesshin, Day 7: Blue Cliff Record #11 "Huangbo's Mash-Eaters"

April 2012 Sesshin, Day 6: "Dream Conversations: On Buddhism and Zen", (trans. T. Cleary) VI

April 2012 Sesshin, Day 5: "Dream Conversations: On Buddhism and Zen", (trans. T. Cleary) V

April 2012 Sesshin, Day 4: "Dream Conversations: On Buddhism and Zen", (trans. T. Cleary) IV

April 2012 Sesshin, Day 3: "Dream Conversations: On Buddhism and Zen", (trans. T. Cleary) III

April 2012 Sesshin, Day 2: "Dream Conversations: On Buddhism and Zen", (trans. T. Cleary) II

Dharma Talk by John Pulleyn: "Labels"

Techno-consumerism, Narcissism, and Downtime

Will Power and Ego Depletion: It's All in the Mind - and the Body

Ordination, West and East, Past and Present

Mumonkan #35: "Sei and Her Soul Separate" - Separation vs. Integrity

January 2012 Sesshin, Day 7: Mumonkan #9 "Daitsu Chisho Buddha"

January 2012 Sesshin, Day 6: Mumonkan #27 "Neither Mind nor Buddha"

January 2012 Sesshin, Day 5: "Bankei Zen: Translations from the Record of Bankei", (trans. P. Haskel) V

January 2012 Sesshin, Day 4: "Bankei Zen: Translations from the Record of Bankei", (trans. P. Haskel) IV

January 2012 Sesshin, Day 3: "Bankei Zen: Translations from the Record of Bankei", (trans. P. Haskel) III

January 2012 Sesshin, Day 2: "Bankei Zen: Translations from the Record of Bankei", (trans. P. Haskel) II

January 2012 Sesshin, Day 1: "Bankei Zen: Translations from the Record of Bankei", (trans. P. Haskel) I

December 2011 Sesshin, Day 4: Shoyuroku #45 "Four Phrases from the Enlightenment Sutra"

December 2011 Sesshin, Day 3: "Zen Master Daikaku's Treatise on Sitting Mediation" (trans. Thomas Cleary) III

December 2011 Sesshin, Day 2: "Zen Master Daikaku's Treatise on Sitting Mediation" (trans. Thomas Cleary) II

December 2011 Sesshin, Day 1: "Zen Master Daikaku's Treatise on Sitting Mediation" (trans. Thomas Cleary) I

Blue Cliff Record #69: "Nanchuan Draws a Circle"

Repentance and the Precepts