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Practice and TraditionsLearn Zen Meditation and Practice with a Group Online in English or Spanish

Learn Zen Meditation and Practice with a Group Online in English or Spanish

By Hazy Moon

During this challenging time of uncertainty and social isolation, the benefits of Zen meditation are vividly apparent. We have discovered that the strength and energy that come from practicing with a group are as palpable during virtual meditation sessions as they are “in real life.” The Hazy Moon is pleased to offer several opportunities for virtual practice via Zoom, in English and Spanish…

From the SanghaMind Answers

Mind Answers

By Karen Maezen Miller

A review of The Grand Biocentric Design: How Life Creates Reality by Robert Lanza, MD, and Matej Pavsic with Bob Berman.

Dharma TalksThe Basic Teaching

The Basic Teaching

By Nyogen Roshi

In a powerful and wide-ranging talk, Nyogen Roshi touches on quantum physics and the delusion of understanding; how to listen to a talk; the importance of knowing how to die well; and how his last dokusan with Maezumi Roshi, his teacher, illuminates an exchange between Obaku and Rinzai…

Practice and TraditionsHow to Meditate

How to Meditate

By Julie Honmei Snider

Learn the basics of Zen meditation in less than five minutes. Clear, step-by-step meditation instruction, as practiced at the Hazy Moon.

Dharma TalksMaezumi’s 3 Admonitions

Maezumi’s 3 Admonitions

By Hazy Moon

Wisdom teachings are fascinating things. They may not appear to be special. They are never complicated. They can sound so ordinary that we don’t even hear them or grant them consideration. But like seeds, they burrow into us and one day surface in full bloom. Only then are we ready to appreciate them. Here are Maezumi’s Three Admonitions, which you’re not likely to find elsewhere…

From the SanghaStay

Stay

By Mary Jotai Rosendale

I once heard Buddhist teacher Pema Chodron talk about the instructions she gave to people who came to retreats while dealing with trauma. She gave them the mantra, “Stay.” Whatever is going on, stay with it. Thoughts might be crazy — let them fly but stay with the moment. Want to get up and run — don’t, just stay. Stay within the body; stay within your field of hearing. Just stay. After a while, the individual would invariably settle.

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Have good trust in yourself, not in the one that you think you should be, but in the One that you are.
- Taizan Maezumi Roshi

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