“We have completed sesshin. This will become more meaningful if you extend this practice from today to tomorrow, and from sitting to everyday life.”
Tokusan and the Old Lady: Awakening the Archive, Tape 8
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Arts & Culture
What I’m Doing Has to Be Enough
Tassajara was a deeply healing time reflecting the power of community and creativity. Friends made almost 20 years ago are still friends today.
A Conversation with Peter Coyote
The first time Peter Coyote read his poems in public, he was terrified and shy. “It was so tender.”
Meet Tanya Deeley, Practitioner of Zen and Rolfing
“Rolfing is extraordinarily effective at helping us reconnect with the body and removing obstacles that prevent us from experiencing nothing special.”
Pure Rules: Awakening the Archive, Tape 6
“This is very difficult to apply in your everyday life, but if you have this attitude in your inmost heart, you can do anything, free from duality.”
Shichi-go-san (7-5-3) Ceremony
This is a traditional Japanese rite of passage celebration for ages three, five, and seven, considered crucial years in a child’s development.
Ruth Ozeki: The Book of Form and Emptiness
“Things speak all the time, but if your ears aren’t attuned, you have to learn to listen.”
Forgotten the Value of Religion: Awakening the Archive, Tape 5
“This kind of ‘I’ is called inmost ‘I,’ or ultimate ‘I.’ It cannot be the subject of study, or philosophy, or science, or psychology.”
Study Yourself: Awakening the Archive, Tape 4
“When you forget yourself … you take the true activity of the big existence. When we realize this, there is no problem whatsoever in this world.”