Prajna
Before I give this earth shaking talk, I want to [...]
Spiritual Stories of the East: Paul Reps Believes in No Thing
Volume 2, Track 4 In Los Angeles, there is [...]
Teaching Tips for Teachers (also valuable for students)
The purpose of this material is to help T'ai Chi [...]
Spiritual Stories of the East: Tozan & Student Sozan
Volume 1, Track 10 Many centuries ago, there was [...]
Spiritual Stories of the East: Meditation & Sanzen
Volume 1, Track 9 Zen meditation is known as [...]
The Importance of “Teh”
I have stayed with Yogis, in the Himalayan Foothills, who [...]
Spiritual Stories of the East: Zen Training
Volume 1, Track 8 Zen training is long and [...]
Higher Consciousness
People often speak of “higher consciousness.” A man is coming [...]
Spiritual Stories of the East: Chinese Poetry & Nature
Volume 1, Track 5 Much Chinese poetry speaks of [...]
Cosmic Rhythm
It is interesting to speculate about Cosmic Rhythm. Although Buddhism [...]
Spiritual Stories of the East: Forgetting Self, Self Clinging
Volume 1, Track 12 We live in a dualistic [...]
The Physical and the Spiritual in T’ai Chi Chih
Most people who come for T'ai Chi Chih lessons do [...]
Spiritual Stories of the East: Ruth Sasaki, Birth and Death & Dogen
Volume 1, Track 11 This next is a serious [...]
Spiritual Stories of the East: Who & What You Are
Volume 1, Track 7 It seems to me that [...]
The Idea of Impermanence
On my recent visit to Albuquerque I gave a talk [...]
Spiritual Stories of the East: Compassionate Nasreddin & a Pompous Scholar
Volume 1, Track 2 When another Zen master was [...]
Spiritual Stories of the East: Hakuin’s Enlightenment & Final Thoughts at Death
Volume 1, Track 4 Overjoyed at his experience, which [...]
There is Within You That Which Knows … That is Your Teacher
So why do we act as though we are ignorant? [...]
Ultimate Truth
Teachers and students are constantly asking me to write a [...]
The Best Reason to Practice
Karma is an important and frequently-used word, so it is [...]