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The Actuality Of Reality
Without a map, how does the monarch butterfly migrate through reality? Beyond definition lies the actual reality of our lives.
OZS News and Views – Fall 2026
Dear friends, We have been using a moktak (traditional Korean Buddhist percussive instrument) to keep rhythm and focus during chanting. While in Asheville this past week, I purchased this old Japanese mokugyo, or wooden fish drum, a Zen Temple relic. It has a lovely sound. May it continue to serve Bodhi in its new home! Sunday Morning – Practice Session OZS Meditation on Siesta Key Beach A flag lights your way! Join Ordinary Zen Sangha for Sunrise Zen Meditation practice […]
No Dogma, No Drama
Transmitting the Dharma. How many minds do you have?
All Problems Can Be Solved When They Are Small
Interdependent origination: suffering globally and personally.
The Stone Lions Roar
The first Picture of the 10 Ox Herding Pictures and cultivating the way through the practice of meditation.
Jumping Out Of The Nest And Taking Flight
Taking flight in your Zazen practice.
Don’t Make
The simple, difficult teaching. Don’t make Zazen just sit.
A Zen Stick Crafted By Beavers
Interdependent Origination: Universal Sacredness.
Not two!
Hui-neng, the Sixth Patriarch says, “one day a shopkeeper ordered a load of firewood brought to his store. After he took the delivery and paid me, I walked toward the door and met a customer reciting the Diamond Sutra out loud. As soon as I heard the words, my mind felt clear and awake, and I asked the man, ‘Where did you get this scripture you’re reciting?” And so began the journey of one of Zen’s most revered teachers.