A. Jesse Jiryu Davis
- The Day That Yunmen Broke His Foot
The old stories all have the same punchline: the monk was suddenly enlightened. What really happens when we have an experience of insight?
- Rules for Hyenas
If we treat the Zen precepts as a set of rules to obey, that's just conformity. Let's use them instead as a tool for busting the hierarchy!
- The Meteor
What if you knew you had 30 minutes to live? Would you want to be awakened?
- Precepts Ceremony at the Village Zendo
Our annual jukai ceremony: four students vowed to uphold the Buddhist teachings.
- Justin von Bujdoss
The director of chaplaincy and staff wellness for NYC department of corrections, and a teacher of Tibetan Buddhism.
- Why did Master Rinzai slap Jo?
A monk asked Master Rinzai about the essence of Buddhism, and Rinzai slapped him. Why?
- Yuuka's Shuso Hossen
A ceremony in which Elena Yuuka Taurke gave her first Zen talk and engaged the community in dharma combat, at the Village Zendo.
- The Real Shit Stick
Unmon said that Buddha is a dry shit stick. Why? Where is Buddha in this regular, shitty, unsatisfactory experience?
- Winter Meditation Retreat.
December 30, 2017. The Village Zendo's year-end sesshin at the Garrison Institute in New York.
- Running in Circles
Running a long race, serving a prison term, practicing Zen: I'm trying to learn how people appreciate each moment in an eon.