Well, it is nearly Valentine’s Day, and love is in the air … A few days ago I spoke about how most “Zen Monks” in Japan marry: MARRIED MONK and today you will meet this monk’s “better half”!! What is a Zen Buddhist perspective on love?  (today’s video sitting below)

Hi, Please join our FEBRUARY MONTHLY 4-hour ‘Live from Treeleaf’ ZAZENKAI, recorded in “real time” and available at the following link: ZAZENKAI Remember, when we drop all thought of ‘here’ ‘there’ ‘now’ and ‘then’ … we are sitting all together! I have a little cold today, so I’m not at full speed! However, we take…

I BELIEVE WE FIXED THE SOUND  FROM YESTERDAY [THERE WAS NO SOUND!]. So, today I will talk a second time about ‘no time’ … Let’s taste some other ways that Zen teachers, like ‘ol Master Dogen, have looked at time … And you thought that the past ran into the present which becomes the future!…

Continuing our discussion of time … we go back to the future … What’s a Zen ‘approach’ to the future?  Well, again, we experience the future many ways at once! Today’s sitting is dedicated to Chan Master Sheng Yen, who passed away in a hospital in Taiwan last night. A wonderful and sincere teacher. Shortly…

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