Spark Zen is for introspective, iconoclastic thinkers interested in Zen/Buddhism; hosted by a Zen priest who lived at a monastery for nine years.
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Zen in Ten: "My Self Is Moon on Water . . ."
My dear Dharma friend Marcia Lieberman painted this beautiful watercolor to represent Mugai Nyodai’s fierce determination to practice Zen.
Chiyono (1223-98) was the first Japanese woman who received Dharma transmission in a Zen lineage. He...
Zen in Ten: A Few of My Favorite Books
My friend Marcia Lieberman took this photo of me in the library at City Center—the urban temple of San Francisco Zen Center. I have yet to read that book, but it’s high on my list!
Here are some book recommendations for people who are begi...
No Wind, No Flag, No Mind
The Sixth Ancestor [saw] the monastery flag flapping and two monks with opposite opinions. One said, “The flag moves.” One said, “The wind moves.” The monks argued back and forth without agreeing to the truth. The Ancestor said, “Wind is no...
AWOL on the Battlefield of Karma
This poster doesn’t have anything to do with my story, however, it does have a large bell, people holding guns, and Gary Cooper and Ingrid Bergman in a doomed-love embrace. Plus there’s Japanese kanji on it!
[A brief preamble: When...
It is Your Mind that Moves
Photo by Trung Nhan Tran on Unsplash
The wind is flapping a temple flag, and two monks started an argument. One said the flag moved, the other said, the wind moved; they argued back and forth but could not reach a conclusion. The Sixth Anc...
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Zen Priestess. Writer. Adventurer. I lived for 9 years in the wild, wonder-filled wilderness of Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
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