CHOSEI ZEN BLOG
The Arrow is Already in the Target
The arrow releases from the string and “Thwack!” A true hit! I take the next arrow and again the draw feels impossibly perfect. It’s as if the bow no longer exists and the arrow is already in the target. “Thwack!” Another true hit. How did that happen?
Talk Story
I miss Hawaii. Not for the obvious reason as I look out my window onto a wooded hillside covered in six inches of snow. But because I miss sitting with friends as we talk story.
A New Zen Temple in the Neighborhood
If you have recently walked, biked or driven past the corner of East Mifflin and North St, you have probably seen that changes are afoot in the old church that stands there.
How Far Can We Reach?
Often my patients will say, “You’re the first person who has ever really listened.”
The Training of a Temple Cook
I find myself early this morning preparing my first meal by myself for the sesshin work crew at the new Madison dojo, Daikozen-ji. Mornings have always been special to me, the stillness, coolness, the sounds of the birds rising to greet the day.
5 Alternative FAQS – Resonating on Mifflin St.
Launching off the question I get asked most often, here’s inviting you into a bit of the magic I saw this past week.
From Koan't to Koan
On a crisp November weekend in 2015, I found myself navigating curving country roads to participate in a three-day program, Therapeutic Stance, at Spring Green Dojo.
Raising the Dojo Roof
We started with a rocket launch, a couple days of intensive training before our summer sesshin pivoted to the deconstruction and reconstruction to the Mifflin St Dojo, Daikozen-ji.