It is good to cultivate gratitude, an innate aspect of Buddha Nature. Cultivation doesn’t create gratitude, but rather uncovers the gratitude that is already present. Gratitude goes beyond dark and light, beyond yes and no, beyond getting our way or … Continue reading →
I was talking to someone recently who was feeling depressed about the value of their life. Having cancer that seemed like it may spread brought a review of “What is it all for?” The question of meaning—whether this life has … Continue reading →
This article talks about the problem of ‘busyness’, and came about through discussions with the Huddersfield and Leeds meditation groups and members of the www.brightmoon.org forum.
Continue reading →I first translated the Fukanzazengi into Dutch for the benefit of the congregation in the Netherlands. As it laid bare some interesting differences with the English version of the OBC, some fellow monks suggested another English version would be of use. This … Continue reading →
Rev. Master Daizui comments on his sadness at the events of 9/11 in the USA and goes on to say: “And yet within this sadness, this self-questioning and introspection, there are some positive things which
Continue reading →Great Master Dōgen is a key figure in the Serene Reflection Meditation tradition because he is the monk who brought the tradition from China to Japan in 1227. This article has a detailed
Continue reading →“Keizan is seen as one of the two founders of Soto Zen in Japan. He lived in the late-13th/early 14th centuries two generation after Great Master Dogen, and
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