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...
by SJZC Administrator | May 6, 2024
To awaken we must awaken with the world. With this teacup in your hands, with this unresolved decision, with this aging body. In relationship with all things we practice, grow, learn, fall short, and try again… The Vows of Kishitigharba (Jizo) Bodhisattva: Infused by...
by Abby Mushin Terris | Apr 30, 2024
This week I picked up a book from the Sangha Jewel library edited by our dharma grandfather, Taizan Maezumi Roshi and his student Bernie Glassman. It is a collection of teachings given by Maezumi Roshi and his teachers titled On Zen practice II. I flipped it open to a...
by Abby Mushin Terris | Apr 22, 2024
May you be free from stress and its causes. May you have the courage to look at your stress as an elaboration upon, and not an inextricable result of, your experience. Stress leads to poor digestion, poor relationships, expensive vacations, excess spending, headaches,...
