What is religion and how does it relate to Zen? Shozan addresses this question in this article.
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Religion for Sale
What is Entsuan selling? Nothing! So what does Zen have to offer?
Read moreWatching the moon
at dawn,
solitary, mid-sky,
I knew myself completely:
no part left out.
Poem by Izumi Shikibu (974-1034) from The Enlightened Heart, Stephen Mitchell (Ed.), Harper & Row ,1989.
No Part Left Out
Meditation on a poem by Izumi Shibuku about looking at the moon.
Read moreThe birds have vanished down the sky Now the last cloud drains away. We sit together the mountain and I, until only the mountain remains.
-Li Po
(translated by Sam Hamill)
Zazen on Ching-ting Mountain
Poem by Li Po.