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Saving Ghosts

Saving Ghosts

What is truth?

What is truth?

Who's my mother

Who's my mother

Words, words, words

Words, words, words

Your own life koan

Your own life koan

The Great Way is not difficult

The Great Way is not difficult

Though you sweep and sweep

Though you sweep and sweep

This is your best season

This is your best season

Mountains and rivers

Mountains and rivers

Just whose robes do we put on?

Just whose robes do we put on?

Rising waters

Rising waters

The National Teachers Three Calls

The National Teachers Three Calls

Nanquan Kills the Cat

Nanquan Kills the Cat

Just what are your intentions?

Just what are your intentions?

Running on Empty

Running on Empty

Difference and Equality

Difference and Equality

No ground beneath your feet

No ground beneath your feet

Zen and Samadhi

Zen and Samadhi

Bah, Humbug!

Bah, Humbug!

Rohatsu Zazenkai 2023

Rohatsu Zazenkai 2023

A Zen Meditation on Thanksgiving

A Zen Meditation on Thanksgiving

The Hundred Foot Pole

The Hundred Foot Pole

You can't fool the old man

You can't fool the old man

Lord of the Dance

Lord of the Dance

Ancesters and lineages

Ancesters and lineages

I am of the nature to grow old

I am of the nature to grow old

Spooky action at a distance

Spooky action at a distance

Emptiness

Emptiness

More on the Heart Sutra

More on the Heart Sutra

Dharma talk on the 6th Precept

Dharma talk on the 6th Precept

Dharma talk on the 5th Grave Precept

Dharma talk on the 5th Grave Precept

Just this one moment

Just this one moment

The ninth Bodhisattva Precept- Not Indulging Anger

The ninth Bodhisattva Precept- Not Indulging Anger

Do Not Disparage the Dharma Assests

Do Not Disparage the Dharma Assests

Ancient and Twisted

Ancient and Twisted

The Koan of Generosity: Zen's Eighth Grave Precept

The Koan of Generosity: Zen's Eighth Grave Precept

Abracadabra

Abracadabra

Not Two

Not Two

Pushing down, rising up

Pushing down, rising up

Lives of quiet desperation

Lives of quiet desperation

Change and Decay

Change and Decay

Sex and Zen: A Meditation on the Third of Zen's Ten Grave Precepts

Sex and Zen: A Meditation on the Third of Zen's Ten Grave Precepts

A stolen life

A stolen life

Who is it who hears this?

Who is it who hears this?

Today and every day

Today and every day

DYING & RISING: A Zen Reflection on Easter

DYING & RISING: A Zen Reflection on Easter

Not Killing: The First Grave Precept

Not Killing: The First Grave Precept

Pay Attention

Pay Attention

Taking Refuge in the Sangha

Taking Refuge in the Sangha

Shut up and listen

Shut up and listen

On Taking Refuge in the Dharma

On Taking Refuge in the Dharma

Taking Refuge in the Buddha

Taking Refuge in the Buddha

Have a seat

Have a seat

Who speaks for the trees?

Who speaks for the trees?

The Third Pure Precept: Zen's Shorthand to the Bodhisattva Vow

The Third Pure Precept: Zen's Shorthand to the Bodhisattva Vow

The Second Pure Precept - Doing Good

The Second Pure Precept - Doing Good

A Simple Introduction to Koan and Huatou in Zen Practice

A Simple Introduction to Koan and Huatou in Zen Practice

The First Pure Precept: Cease from Evil

The First Pure Precept: Cease from Evil

Mind and No Mind

Mind and No Mind

The Fourth Christmas Sermon

The Fourth Christmas Sermon

The Mystery of Flight

The Mystery of Flight

We are not it. But in truth. It is us. It is you. It is me.

We are not it. But in truth. It is us. It is you. It is me.

Star of the East

Star of the East

A FEAST FOR SAINTS BARLAAM AND JOSAPHAT

A FEAST FOR SAINTS BARLAAM AND JOSAPHAT

Zen and Dharma Transmission

Zen and Dharma Transmission

Foundations of Spiritual Practice

Foundations of Spiritual Practice

FINDING THE GOD WITHIN: Zen & the Stoics

FINDING THE GOD WITHIN: Zen & the Stoics

A Question of Faith

A Question of Faith

Searching for words of encouragement

Searching for words of encouragement

There is no there there

There is no there there

The World of Dew

The World of Dew

Lies, damned lies, but not statistics

Lies, damned lies, but not statistics

Not knowing is most intimate

Not knowing is most intimate

Holy Ground

Holy Ground

Dead fish and Mu

Dead fish and Mu

A Very Merry Unbirthday to You!

A Very Merry Unbirthday to You!

Vainglory: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Facts About Pride

Vainglory: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Facts About Pride

The Holy Life, Farts & All

The Holy Life, Farts & All

Why do we care?

Why do we care?

Bodies and magic

Bodies and magic

The starving times

The starving times

The road with 99 curves

The road with 99 curves

Change and decay in all around I see.

Change and decay in all around I see.

“Why didn’t you say anything?”

“Why didn’t you say anything?”

Do you get earworms?

Do you get earworms?

Faith

Faith

Of Doubt and Faith and Energy

Of Doubt and Faith and Energy

A Holy Curiosity: A meditation on Albert Einstein and Nondual Religion

A Holy Curiosity: A meditation on Albert Einstein and Nondual Religion

THUNDER & LIGHTENING: Frederick Douglass' Liberation Theology

THUNDER & LIGHTENING: Frederick Douglass' Liberation Theology

Intimations of Grief

Intimations of Grief

May You Live in Interesting Times: A Meditation on Olympia Brown and Navigating Hard Times

May You Live in Interesting Times: A Meditation on Olympia Brown and Navigating Hard Times

Empty Moon Zen YouTube Welcome

Empty Moon Zen YouTube Welcome

Why not become fire? A Meditation for New Year's Eve

Why not become fire? A Meditation for New Year's Eve

Mountains walking

Mountains walking

Day After Christmas

Day After Christmas

Fellow passengers to the grave

Fellow passengers to the grave

What is at the center?

What is at the center?

Epiphanies and Theophanies

Epiphanies and Theophanies

A DISTANT SONG

A DISTANT SONG

Ancestors: A Zen Reflection

Ancestors: A Zen Reflection

Doubt and Faith A Zen Meditation

Doubt and Faith A Zen Meditation

Awakening

Awakening

The Bodhi tree in Fayette, Maine

The Bodhi tree in Fayette, Maine

Of Snakes, Ladders, and a Well

Of Snakes, Ladders, and a Well

Nan-ch’uan and Chao-chou reconsidered

Nan-ch’uan and Chao-chou reconsidered

Gerunds and the Grammar of the Dharma

Gerunds and the Grammar of the Dharma

Light and dark

Light and dark

Stop the Sound of That Distant Temple Bell 20211106

Stop the Sound of That Distant Temple Bell 20211106

Mind Moments & Time Beings

Mind Moments & Time Beings

Mu A Love Letter

Mu A Love Letter

Can the Dharma ever be foolishly spoken?

Can the Dharma ever be foolishly spoken?

Sex and Zen

Sex and Zen

Music is the Silence Between the Notes

Music is the Silence Between the Notes

Hellfire and Brimstone

Hellfire and Brimstone

Jesus and Ikkyu; Scrooge and Tiny Tim

Jesus and Ikkyu; Scrooge and Tiny Tim

Taking Refuge

Taking Refuge

BLOOD STAINED EDEN: A Meditation on Despair and Hope and Our Human Condition

BLOOD STAINED EDEN: A Meditation on Despair and Hope and Our Human Condition

SURPRISED BY JOY A Meditation on Kensho

SURPRISED BY JOY A Meditation on Kensho

On Mixing and Matching in Religion

On Mixing and Matching in Religion

BURNING, BURNING, BURNING, BURNING Zen at the End of a World

BURNING, BURNING, BURNING, BURNING Zen at the End of a World

THE WORK OF CHANGE A Zen Reflection

THE WORK OF CHANGE A Zen Reflection

The Prefection of Wisdom

The Prefection of Wisdom

The world is a complicated place

The world is a complicated place

All things return to the one

All things return to the one

Here am I

Here am I

Every day is a good day

Every day is a good day

CONSPIRACY, TRUST AND OTHER FAITH STORIES

CONSPIRACY, TRUST AND OTHER FAITH STORIES

Wrapped in Silence A talk from Empty Moons 3 day sesshin, July 2021

Wrapped in Silence A talk from Empty Moons 3 day sesshin, July 2021

Everything Reveals the Mysterious Truth

Everything Reveals the Mysterious Truth

The Empty and the Open

The Empty and the Open

This Slab of Ice

This Slab of Ice

A Small Zen Reflection on John Newton's Enlightenment Experience

A Small Zen Reflection on John Newton's Enlightenment Experience

Who Would You Be Buried With?

Who Would You Be Buried With?

On Opening the Way: Foundations of a Spiritual Life

On Opening the Way: Foundations of a Spiritual Life

Deshan, Bowls in Hand

Deshan, Bowls in Hand

The Punk Rock Sutra

The Punk Rock Sutra

Elder Ting Stands Motionless: Exploring Koans and Deepening Practice

Elder Ting Stands Motionless: Exploring Koans and Deepening Practice

Water and Light Soaking into the Earth

Water and Light Soaking into the Earth

Words, words, words

Words, words, words

The Disobedience Sutra, the Duty Sutra, and in the End, a Sutra of Interdepe

The Disobedience Sutra, the Duty Sutra, and in the End, a Sutra of Interdepe

Get Used to Disappointment

Get Used to Disappointment

Sit Down, Become Buddha

Sit Down, Become Buddha

And just what is dedicated?

And just what is dedicated?

An Outsider and the Buddha

An Outsider and the Buddha

Mountains walk, rivers flow

Mountains walk, rivers flow

Pilgrimages and other walks

Pilgrimages and other walks

The easy way out

The easy way out

A Non-attained Buddha

A Non-attained Buddha

The Love child of Buddhism, Daoism and Confucianism

The Love child of Buddhism, Daoism and Confucianism

Following the scented grasses

Following the scented grasses

Be still and wait without hope

Be still and wait without hope

Flowing Bridge: Zen and Everyday Life

Flowing Bridge: Zen and Everyday Life

Householder Koans

Householder Koans

Difference and Equality

Difference and Equality

The Third Thing

The Third Thing

Great Effort

Great Effort

I can't say, I can't say

I can't say, I can't say

At the sound of the bell

At the sound of the bell

Mysteries of the Intimate Way A Valentine's Day Meditation

Mysteries of the Intimate Way A Valentine's Day Meditation

Karmic fictions

Karmic fictions

Scandals and the Four Last Songs of Richard Strauss

Scandals and the Four Last Songs of Richard Strauss

Ripples in a pond

Ripples in a pond

Truly, Is Anything Missing Now?

Truly, Is Anything Missing Now?

The Mysteries of Chanting and Dharanis,

The Mysteries of Chanting and Dharanis,

Wheels, axles, carts and bicycles

Wheels, axles, carts and bicycles

Polishing tiles, making mirrors

Polishing tiles, making mirrors

Zen teachings of Kittens & Smallpox

Zen teachings of Kittens & Smallpox

Insurrection

Insurrection

I am Donald Trump

I am Donald Trump

The Old Year greets the New

The Old Year greets the New

Everything Changes

Everything Changes

Sanctuary

Sanctuary

If not a Great Chain, then what?

If not a Great Chain, then what?

Truly, Is Anything Missing Now?

Truly, Is Anything Missing Now?

How Might We Be Grateful

How Might We Be Grateful

Alan Watts' Mystical Christianity

Alan Watts' Mystical Christianity

To What Does the One Return?

To What Does the One Return?

The Five Rememberances

The Five Rememberances

Signs of the Way

Signs of the Way

Echoes East and West

Echoes East and West

The Whole Earth, A Grain of Rice

The Whole Earth, A Grain of Rice

Fear & Courage & Faith: Meditations on Politics & the Intimate Way

Fear & Courage & Faith: Meditations on Politics & the Intimate Way

This Very Moment

This Very Moment

An Invitation to Bow

An Invitation to Bow

What silence requires

What silence requires

Spiritual Practice in Hard Times

Spiritual Practice in Hard Times

How Are You Free? A Meditation on a Zen Life

How Are You Free? A Meditation on a Zen Life

A Meditation on What My Grandmother Taught Me

A Meditation on What My Grandmother Taught Me

Zen of Walking

Zen of Walking

Disorderly Karmic Consciousness

Disorderly Karmic Consciousness

A Shit Stick and Zen

A Shit Stick and Zen

Intimations of Faith

Intimations of Faith

Where is the Field of Practice?

Where is the Field of Practice?

Name Your Koan Or, the Case of the Unattained Buddha

Name Your Koan Or, the Case of the Unattained Buddha

On Trinities Buddhist & Otherwise

On Trinities Buddhist & Otherwise

A WORLD ON FIRE: (Zen) Buddhism, liberal Religion, and a Call to Social Justice

A WORLD ON FIRE: (Zen) Buddhism, liberal Religion, and a Call to Social Justice

The Extraordinary, the Ordinary, and Zen Together with a Little About Baseball

The Extraordinary, the Ordinary, and Zen Together with a Little About Baseball

ARE YOU A CAT PERSON OR A DOG PERSON?

ARE YOU A CAT PERSON OR A DOG PERSON?

FOLLOWING THE SCENTED GRASSES

FOLLOWING THE SCENTED GRASSES

A PILGRIM'S PROGRESS

A PILGRIM'S PROGRESS