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The Stories the Body Keeps
As I prepare for summer sesshin, I’m packing more than robes and a rakusu. I’m packing everything my nervous system has learned to carry.
I practice with a predominantly white sangha, and sometimes, I’m the only black person in the room, a...
What Is Actually Here
I’ve always been fascinated by the kōans that make me laugh.
Not because they’re jokes.
But because they expose something about the way my own mind works.
They reveal how quickly I become convinced that I’m seeing reality exactly as it i...
When Reality Asks Something of Us
We often speak about living by vow as though it’s something we believe.
Something we recite and carry with us after zazen.
But I’m always questioning.
Always asking what vow is…
and how I’m embodying it.
Practice, at least as I’ve come...
Hearing the Cries Without Looking Away
I’ve been sitting with Chapter 25 of the Lotus Sutra, often called The Universal Gate of Avalokiteśvara.
When the bodhisattva Akṣayamati asks why Avalokiteśvara is known as “Perceiver of the World’s Sounds,” the Buddha’s answer is simple:...
The One Making the Vow
The people who enter our lives are often mirrors.
They reveal our attachments, our fears, our patience, our compassion, and sometimes our anger.
But they’re also reminders.
They remind us to return.
Return to our values and integrity....
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Fugan DT Washington—illustrator. Zen practitioner living with a rare disease (aHUS). Learning to stay present with what unfolds. I use AI for brainstorming, drafting, editing, and proofreading. The perspective and insights are my own.
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