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jhalifax
finished rohatsu, my good friends kaz tanahashi and enkyo roshi next to me, a joy practicing and teaching together. just like what ananda heard from the buddha: the whole of the holy life is good... More »
jhalifax
the silence here at upaya during this fullmoon rohatsu penetrates to the bone. everyday, in teisho, enkyo roshi, kaz tanahashi and i explore the life of king ashoka. before and after, silence. more on ashoka... More »
jhalifax
rohatsu like a great ceremony, a rite of passage cere: to cure, curing us from delusion, curing us of a deep homesickness ritual, putting things right practicing completing, like completing rohatsu being Buddha: exemplifies liberation... More »
jhalifax
rohatsu: sixty of us, just sitting but always there are those who wish they were someone else, somewhere else here is merwin's poem that describes this state of dislocated mind. To Waiting You spend so... More »
jhalifax
meditation: roll everything into your practice. that's the point. not to avoid anything, but rather to practice radical inclusivity. billy collin's poem made me laugh. first talk of rohatsu sesshin will commence with this collin's... More »
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