No Matter How Many Mountains I Climbed, the Farther Peace of Mind Seemed to Be
By Jason Garner My friend and Zen teacher, John Tarrant, taught me a koan about...
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The Most Surprising Lesson from The Gathering II: Buddhist Sangha of Black African Descent
By Sensei Alex Kakuyo Recently, I had the great honor and privilege of participating in The...
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A Transport to Beginner’s Mind: The Zen of R2-D2 by Matthew Bortolin {Review}
Do you need to understand Star Wars to get something from this book? Yes, it’s full of references, vocabulary and world-specific markers. Do you need to understand Zen? No, not at all. It’s better if you don’t.
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Back to Basics: Practicing with OM
By John Lee Pendall I didn’t start contemplative life with Buddhism; I started with...
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The Ways We Take Away From Our Lives {Flash Dharma}
By Daniel Scharpenburg This life right now, in each moment, is all we really have. The past...
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