My first Zen sesshin introduced me to oryoki: the Japanese ritual of extreme table manners. For the full week of sesshin we sit zazen meditation for upwards of five hours a day, plus walking meditation and dharma talks. We eat all our meals in the zendo, oryoki style—seated on the floor on our round …
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Climate talks fail. So what.
Rohatsu morning
Cracked open. Wrung out. Ready. Svaha!
Th-th-th-th-that’s all folks!
I’ve gone offline til Dec. 9. In intensive Fall Practice Period at Upaya – which means, no Internet, no reading, no writing, no chitchat. I am free, to do whatever I please, with me. Seeya in a few weeks. Live fully and enjoy.
that is not my beautiful wife
And you may find yourself living in a shotgun shack
 And you may find yourself in another part of the world
 And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile
 And you may find yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful
 wife And you may ask yourself-Well…How did I get here? …