First principle: There is no solid ground under your feet, and there’s no tile above your head. This refers to emptiness —that nothing is permanent; everything is constantly changing. Second principle: The sky is blue, the grass is green, cars are driving by outside. This is dependent origination — if this happens, that happens. Third principle: It is neither this nor that. Neither is nor isn’t. Before there’s an I, already you see, already you hear. You can be without […]
The Middle Way
The three principles of practicing the Middle Way.
The Zen Circle And The Path
You have never lost it. Why are you seeking it?
A Wind Knot Tangle
What causes the tangled messes we find ourselves in? How do you untangle the mess?
Practice Is Never Ending
What keeps us coming back to our practice? Experienced practitioners respond to the question in this podcast.
Fathers Day – letting go of deluded views
What is your original face before your father was born?
“The Fish Are Happy”
Silence on a retreat and Kongans, what do they have in common?
Only Go Strait and Never Give UP
The immeasurable and the relative.
Getting To Know Self
Our practice is getting to know ourselves, which is forgetting the self, and being actualized by all dharmas.
Where is the OX?
Ten Oxherding Pictures







