by SJZC Administrator | Jul 8, 2024
Daily life is direct and immediate. Media sources are not. It’s so important to remember this as we aim to be responsible citizens and keep up with what’s unfolding in the public sphere. Reading the news on-line can catapult us into a swirl of anxiety, mental...
by SJZC Administrator | Jul 1, 2024
“Then, Bāhiya, you should train yourself thus: In reference to the seen, there will be only the seen. In reference to the heard, only the heard. In reference to the sensed, only the sensed. In reference to the cognized, only the cognized. That is how you should...
by SJZC Administrator | Jun 24, 2024
Stepping out into the early freshness this morning was so much like the bell ringing to begin zazen a little while later. Any moment, every moment brings with it its own freshness, its own call to be right here. All things proclaim the dharma. We need only notice....
by SJZC Administrator | May 20, 2024
The Buddha recommended that his disciples contemplate death each and every day. This body is of the nature to die. All conditioned things are impermanent. It is Springtime, everything is being born and we should not forget that birth is the number one cause of death....
by SJZC Administrator | May 13, 2024
Born, born, everything is always born. Thinking about it… Try not to. ~Zen Master Ikkyu Springtime! Every moment life is created anew. Each moment we are born again. Anicca, impermanence. This is a directly observable truth of reality. This life, this body, our mind...
