Camping Dharma

Mysohin Kate McCandless takes us along her and Shinmon Michael Newton’s recent camping trip - a time for letting go into moment by moment experience…to include, notice, and release.

How can we be with nature in order to summon the life force and renewal we need to live bravely in these perilous times?

Practicing with Anxiety

Joko Claire Talbot asks: in our distressing moments, before our limbic system kicks in to full gear, can we practice generosity towards ourselves, crossing over to the shore of peace and understanding?

“Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy” (Leo Buscaglia)

Listening to the Wild - Speaking as a Tree

Jikai Vicki shares reflections on the recent MRZC Summer sesshin and Dogen’s Mountains and Waters sutra.

To Acknowledge and Renew - Fusatsu

Shinmon Michael Newton offers an exploration of Fusatsu (the full moon ccremony) - when sangha members have the opportunity to refresh and renew their relationship to the 16 boddhisatva precepts.

Zen Mind, Baby Mind

Myoshin Kate McCandless offers teachings and perspectives on the dharma and babies, in advance of a welcoming ceremony for baby Callum.

Seeing our Demons

Shinmon Michael Newton delves into Muso Soseki’s teachings on demons. How do we understand and address inner challenges?

The Karma of Words

Myoshin Kate McCandless examines that most frustrating, troublesome, and beautiful of human faculties: language.

What is this Light that Everyone Has?

Anusha Enryu Fernando, a dharma holder with Zen Community of Oregon, offers reflections on ancestors.