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Paradigm Shifter: An Interview with Robert Lanza
Hazy Moon sangha member and journalist Nick Shindo Street interviews the author of Biocentrism, a book that Nyogen Roshi describes as mirroring his experiences in the practice of zazen as closely as anything he has encountered in a modern writer.
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Where Am I? What Time Is It?
Michael Isshin Spiller
If you've heard Nyogen Roshi's dharma talks you've probably heard praise for the book Biocentrism by the noted stem cell researcher Dr. Robert Lanza. Michael Isshin Spiller shares his own appreciation for the book in this compelling review. "The most remarkable thing for me about this book is that it sounds so much like Nyogen Roshi, the teacher I have been listening to for some 13 years."
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 Maezumi’s Three Teachings
Karen Maezen Miller, sensei, shares a key set of instructions given by Maezumi Roshi.
The First Noble Misunderstanding
What's the real reason we meditate? An excerpt from Hand Wash Cold, by Karen Maezen Miller, sensei.
You Won’t Believe What I Don’t Believe
What do Buddhists believe? You might find the answer hard to believe. Karen Maezen Miller, sensei.
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Session at the Black Scorpion
Mary Jotai Rosendale
"I remember vividly the first night I arrived in the cobble-stoned Temple courtyard. I stepped out of the car into the stillness. I turned to a fellow practitioner who had arrived before me. I said nothing, but I guess my face said it all. “I know,” she said. “Isn’t it amazing!”
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Far away.. and yet so close
Sangha member Angie Shinnyo Nickol shares what brought her to practice and what keeps her connected to the Hazy Moon, even though she lives almost 6000 miles away.
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"Ango Reflections"
Do you have to be crazy to spend a month at a meditation retreat? On the contrary, Camille Whitney calls her month at our summer training period "luxurious" and even "decadent," full of subtle revelations about letting go and waking up."The insights I had have radically transformed my life," she writes in this reflection, from feelings of fear and suffering into "joy, love and freedom."
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My Cousin's Altar
In this moving account, Hazy moon preist Sharon Ento MacClelland shares a healing practice with a loved one. "Every time I light incense at my cousin’s altar I am humbled by the merits of this practice and eternally grateful to my teacher."
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The Top 10 Reasons I Appreciate the Zen Buddhist Training ProgramHighlights from a student talk by Hazy Moon sangha member, Michael Isshin Spiller. |
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Leaving Home
Julie Honmei Snider
"In the Buddhist tradition, when you accept this path as your way, you seal it with 16 vows. For me there is no other way. I took the vows without reservation. I know that nothing outside of practice can satisfy me. I know too that there is a further commitment I can make. Buddhism calls it leaving home. It is to leave your old ways forever."
Sesshin
Julie Honmei Snider
What are the benefits of an extended meditation retreat? In this article, Julie Honmei Snider captures the inexplicable spirit of sesshin. "The energy of the group coming together. The inspiration of everyone pushing hard. The relief of having to take care of just this one thing – the practice – without fear of messing up. The deep, pervading sense of peace."
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An Experience of Oneness
by Eternity Joraku Wauls
"When I first went to The Hazy Moon Zen Center for a few days in July 2010, I was seeking a deeper experience of stillness. I had participated in silent retreats before, but always left them feeling like something was missing and that there had to be more to the experience. I had no idea what I was stepping into when I walked through the front door of the Hazy Moon, a very welcoming and gracious community. ..."
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Grateful That I Landed Here
by Kim Donin McDonald
"Since I found Zen and somehow summoned the courage to sit with every blasted thought and feeling that arises, something curious has begun to happen. There has been an opening here, a bit of space there. Forgiveness here. Acceptance there."
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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