by SJZC Administrator | Oct 21, 2024
The Buddha heart is our very own heart. Each of us has a heart of gold that is shining just now just below any dis-ease we may be feeling. It is our responsibility and our joy as practitioners to uncover this awake heart and share it with one another. The heart cares,...
by SJZC Administrator | Oct 6, 2024
Where do we come from? I mean, all of us, all of this. Where do our thoughts come from? Our feelings? Projections? Can we watch them arise? Not just a story about them, but the actual thoughts themselves. Or is that when we really look, really look, there’s actually...
by SJZC Administrator | Sep 30, 2024
The dharma works at every level of consciousness. As ordinary life flows along, you turn towards the dharma whenever you wonder how to be thoroughly present. What is the true nature of this presence? Resting all your awareness on the body experience is a reliable...
by SJZC Administrator | Sep 24, 2024
The stillness of the afternoon just now, the silence that is filtering through the stream of sunlight is just freely offered. Distant children’s voices. What else is freely offered at this very moment? We have to stop to notice. It’s not so much that we have to...
by SJZC Administrator | Sep 16, 2024
Once a monk asked Master Shirto, what are monks supposed to do? Shirto said, “Why are you asking me?” The monk said, “If I don’t ask you, how will I find the truth?” Shirto said, “Are you sure you have lost it?” How are we to...
by SJZC Administrator | Sep 9, 2024
From Shinei… What is a thought? What is it made of? Is it true? In Zen practice, we emphasize releasing the story and touching our experience directly, before concept. A thought about something is like a painting of a glass of water. It is not water and will...
