Archives for January, 2008
I was sitting zazen the other day, and an image came to mind. Actually, it was more like a whole story, but it only lasted a second, I swear! :-) Anyway, I was thinking of a piano player who’d been playing by ear for years, and doing fine. She’d created beautiful music by listening to [...]
In the morning, at the zendo, after zazen there is zendo cleaning and then a formal breakfast. There is a formal aspect to the meal, but it’s not silent. That is, we engage in pleasant conversation while we eat. I asked the priest, “Is it ok for me to ask a dharma question over breakfast?” [...]
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