If you have ever sung in a choir, you know that certain disciplines apply. You must sit up straight at the edge of your chair. You must breathe from the diaphragm. And you must open your mouth more widely than you otherwise would—widely enough to accommodate three fingers. Although these principles are simple, it is [...]
Archive for August, 2011
89. A life’s work
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged a life's work, come back to presence, dokusan, ichigo ichie, john de haan, kinhin, norman fischer, one time one meeting, samu, Toni Packer, zen on 25 August 2011 | 2 Comments »
88. Inhabiting Zen
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Dogen Zenji, ichigo ichie, inhabiting zen, isaiah 65, james H. Austin, peace pagoda, providence zen center, reb anderson, Zen priest on 11 August 2011 | 1 Comment »
To live in a place is one thing, to inhabit it another. The word inhabit derives from the Latin inhabitare, which originally meant to dwell. “They shall build houses,” prophesied Isaiah, “and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them” (Isaiah 65:21). To eat the fruit of your vineyards, you [...]
