by SJZC Administrator | Jun 28, 2015
Sangha Member post: This is my shorthand reminder as I bump along through the day. Agenda represents ego me (or little self) that has opinions about the way ‘I’ want things to go. Rather than wait for the world to get a clue, I take a breath and mental...
by SJZC Administrator | May 23, 2015
Sangha Member Post: With Zen practice, sometimes I find myself just going through the motions; sometimes I feel a peaceful integration; and sometimes I get an enlightened glimpse of living. Yesterday while doing the evening dishes a question popped up…What would it...
by SJZC Administrator | Feb 12, 2015
(a derivative of the 4 great bodhisattva vows) Daily activities are numberless, I vow free them from my judgements, ambitions, fears, and expectations with awareness and a commitment to discovering and sharing compassion and loving kindness with all. Delusions are...
by SJZC Administrator | Aug 16, 2014
Sangha Member Post: I’ve been practicing Zen for a number of years now and lots of the little things in life have smoothed out…but NOW I have a BIG, HARD, HONKING, problem. I’m in a big disagreement with someone I’m very close to. I’ve tried all the normal...
by SJZC Administrator | Jul 31, 2014
Sangha Member Post: Yesterday I was meditating when the silence was suddenly broken by the distinctive drilling of a woodpecker against the metal grate on our chimney … D.d.d.d.d.d.d.d … listening … D.d.d.d.d.d.d … listening … silence.My...
