As I look out our kitchen window, the most prominent presence in my field of vision is the fifty-year-old pin oak tree in our backyard. Embedded in its trunk, halfway up, is a red metal hook, which the bark has nearly concealed. Running up and down from the hook is a long, deep crack.
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Archive for March, 2009
29. As surely as one’s shadow
Posted in 1, tagged deep ecology, dhammapada, ichigo ichie, karma on March 17, 2009 | 2 Comments »
28. Attention, attention, attention!
Posted in 1, tagged attention, carry wood, chainsaw, Ikkyu, Layman P'ang, zazen on March 5, 2009 | 2 Comments »
For the student of Zen, the world provides a multitude of teachers. From rooted, resilient trees we can learn the posture of meditation. From the birds we can learn directness of response. And from other people, particularly those whose trades have taught them to live in the present, we can learn a fundamental principle of [...]
