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The Zendo was founded in 1996 by Barry Magid, a Dharma heir of Charlotte Joko Beck and is dedicated to her vision of a psychologically minded Zen practice adapted to the needs of American students practicing in the context of our everyday lives.

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How Do We See Our Life As Enough?

It’s been an interesting experience editing this new collection of my talks, going over things I’ve said the last decade or so since the last book. And while occasionally there’s something I’ll come across that I’ll be surprised by — oh, I...

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How to Practice With The Identity Of The Relative and The Absolute

I thought I would start by reading the opening paragraph from Joko’s book, Everyday Zen:

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The Practice of Finitude

Jessica and I each celebrated birthdays in the past month. I turned 73, and she just turned 77. And naturally, with birthdays in your seventies, these are occasions to be reminded of mortality, and you can’t help but wonder how many more of...

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Realization Comes As The Failure Of Intense Practice

Sometimes reading Joko, we can get the idea that our practice is primarily one of attention, awareness, labeling thoughts, identifying core beliefs, and so forth. A very psychologically-minded perspective, which of course is all true and va...

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A Dream Within A Dream - The Answer Is In The Particular

Book of Equanimity, Case 90: Kyōzan Respectfully Declares It.

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