Author: Kaz Kihara
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-Only Breath- by Coleman Barks
Teisho given by Kugyo. Here is the poem she cited during today’s teisho from Essential Rumi by Coleman Barks -Only Breath- Not Christian or Jew or Muslim, not Hindu Buddhist, sufi, or zen. Not any religion or cultural system. I am not from the East or the West, not out of the ocean or up…
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view from Rinzai Hakone Zendo 5/4/2014 on Flickr.
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Women in Zen
Kugyo san talked about women in zen. She quoted story ‘The Old Women of Mount Wutai” from the book, The Hidden lamp.
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if Buddha and Jesus had a conversation what would it like to be…
Kugyo talked if Buddha and Jesus had a conversation what would it like to be… Kugyo also sited “Of Love” a potem by Mary Oliver. Mary Oliver (b. 1935) Of Love I have been in love more times than one, thank the Lord. Sometimes it was lasting whether active or not. Sometimes it was all but…
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[3/17/2014] Teisho from 3/17/2014 Zazen sitting.
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Letter from Kugyo
Kugyo will be at San Francisco Zen center from this week for 6 days a week attending zen practice session. She will be back at our zendo on Sundays. She wrote a letter to friends and family describing her thoughts. Here is the copy of her letter. – To my family and friends; Beginning January 21st ,…
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