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Daily Zen has been a contemplative haven for online visitors since 1998 offering a unique blend of Eastern quotes for each day of the year, Zen-inspired e-cards, and a meditation room where at any moment a visitor may be meditating with any one of our companion Wayfarers each day. The Journal, called On the Way, is published once a month and this podcast has been created to turn those Journals into an auditory experience allowing listeners to contemplate its ideas in another way.
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- 2 weeks ago11 min
The Living Method of Turning the Light Around
While this method of “turning the light around” seems very simple and direct, there is still some room for further translation. All the various approaches to meditation seem to have a technique that gives us something to hold onto: counting one’s breath, then watching one’s breath; using mantra, asking “Who am I?”; visualization, all as means to focus one’s attention. Read the Journal while listening
- 3 weeks ago8 min
The Wise Ones of Old
To say too much about Taoism can interfere with another’s own direct experience of intuitive understanding. Having read this piece many times in the past, I see how often it takes multiple readings to reveal deeper insights. Read the Journal while listening
- 4 weeks ago10 min
Letter to Masanori Yuno, February 1977
Yokoyama was one of the most unusual Soto Zen monks whose life reminds one of another ordained monk, Ryokan, who is best known for his poetry and love of playing with children. Neither one of them served as head of a temple or trained other monks. Their choice to live without ceremony or pretension demonstrated a purity of practice expressed through everyday life Read the Journal while listening
- Oct 1, 202610 min
Five Points in Buddhist Practice
Shosan was born into a warrior family in 1579 and lived through one of the most war-torn times of Japanese history. At age 12, he was adopted by a member of a seventy-man horse troop and thus began his life as a samurai. Read the Journal while listening
- Sep 29, 202610 min
The World of Intensive Practice
Reading this piece reminds me of listening to a piece of classical music. Each movement transitions so skillfully into the next that we are barely aware that we have just entered a new room filled with new tempos and phrasing, all skillfully balanced around the theme of zazen as the bedrock of our lives. Read the Journal while listening
- Sep 24, 202612 min
Sermons – Part 2
Some pieces are overwhelming as we try to absorb the depth communicated. Ma-tsu is delivering a sermon to monks who, just like us, have been practicing for various numbers of years. Read the Journal while listening
- Sep 19, 202610 min
Sermons – Part 2
There are numerous sutras, teachings of the Masters, and enlightenment stories in the history of Buddhism and Zen. There are times when we read these writings and feel a million miles away from enlightenment, Nirvana, or equanimity. Read the Journal while listening
- Sep 14, 20268 min
The Wayseeker
Dropping gaining mind in practice is a huge step; in the beginning, we are all awonder at these marvelous “results” of meditation and when they might appear. Read the Journal while listening
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