I wake up in the morning with a head full of mosquitos, the sodapop fizz of doubt in my veins. The words of the ancient monk come to my mind: don’t be fooled! I force myself to sit upright, wash my face, light a candle and sit down on the cushion with my nattering gremlins. …
Category: Zen & Dharma
Eight precepts of Zycling
This is a Guest Post by Anthony Golding, a bicycle buddha who sits zazen, blogs, and leads zycling expeditions in the U.K. His website is Zycling: Zen cycling and how to wheel freely 1) THERE MUST BE NO SENSE OF URGENCY 2) LEAVE AT HOME RADIO, MUSIC PLAYERS, CELL PHONES, and if you can, WATCHES …
Sex under the full moon
It is the full moon, and our monthly Zen Fusatsu service. During fusatsu we renew the ten basic lay precepts. We commit to ethical and responsible action, with an eye toward serving all beings. We bow and we chant and we vow and for the most part i am totally down with it. It is …
The road is full of forks
I am playing this game of trying to cut through my own bullshit. As i shift the pieces i keep finding …ah! look! more bullshit! It is painful and ridiculous, but it feels so true. In spasms of indecision that sometimes feel debilitating, what i am trying to remember is that it doesn’t really matter …
Crazy little snowflakes
I am a crazy freak and my life is shot through with beauty. You are as crazy as me. I can and I do bitch all day about the queasy terror of the Big Whateva—and it is. Terrible with a capital T. But oh, my god, the sweetness! Of the sitters in the zendo, of …