Features
 

"Our Practice is Simple, Not Easy"

Hazy Moon sangha member Gillian Kosen Marcus finds the link between perfectionism, surfing, horseback riding and Zen practice.
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Burnout or Boreout - Yes, and Thank You

In an excerpt from her forthcoming book, The Buddha in the Classroom: Lessons to Inspire a Weary Teacher, Donna Kaishu Quesada writes about dealing with boredom through spiritual practice.

Donna Kaishu Quesada recounts the challenges and discoveries she encountered as she began Zen practice as part of her treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). ___________________________________________________



Hazy Moon sangha members Jody Kujaku Glienke and Rev. J.J. Kyoji Anderson (above) talk about their experience as Zen practitioners and recovering alcoholics. ___________________________________________________



Many of us at the Hazy Moon express our appreciation for the Dharma by creating home altars that capture the distictive ways that practice has shaped our lives. In the first two installments in our series of features on home altars, Sherri Ento MacClelland talks about how her zen altar reflects her respect for lineage, her gratitude toward mothers and her aspiration for true compassion. And J.J. Kyoji Anderson sees her deepening relationship to the Three Treasures represented in the items atop the tonsu chest in her living room.


 
 
 

Hand Wash Cold: Care Instructions for an Ordinary Life

Karen Maezen Miller, sensei, discusses her new book with fellow Hazy Moon sangha member Julie Honmei Snider.

The First Noble Misunderstanding

What's the real reason we meditate? An excerpt from Hand Wash Cold, by Karen Maezen Miller.

Maezumi’s Three Teachings

Karen Maezen Miller, sensei, shares a key set of instructions given by Maezumi Roshi.
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Full Metal Lotus

Journalist (and current Shuso) Nick Shindo Street reports on returning California soldiers who tap Buddhist meditation to overcome war’s psychological damage.


Shortly before her death, Nick Shindo Street interviewed Laura Huxley in the home she shared her husband, the late Aldous Huxley.
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Julie Honmei Snider talks about learning zazen at the Hazy Moon and the rewards of taking her practice into daily life.