A. Jesse Jiryu Davis
- Reading Ann Gleig's "American Dharma"
My Zen practice is not as traditional as I thought.
- Meaningless Striving
Each new year, Americans resolve to work harder and be more austere, for no reason. Let's stop torturing ourselves.
- Genro Roshi
August 2018. Roshi Grover Genro Gauntt in New Rochelle.
- 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.