Student Sharing Blog

  • Benefits of Zazen

    Shared by Chris. I reviewed my “pitch” to convince my son to come to the beginners’ session:

  • A Balance Between Life and Death

    Shared by Nick I would like to share a recent observation I’ve had on the balance between life and death as well as the impermanence of our existence. My grandmother passed away in May. One day later, I found out that my wife was pregnant with our first child. This Thursday, we attended my grandmother’s funeral. One…

  • Way of Ki

    Shared by Reni Photo of our garden by Sondra 気 Ki in Daily Life by Koichi Tohei  Reflecting on Koichi Tohei’s lifelong training & philosophical viewpoint regarding Ki energy      “Man today has his eyes trained only on the society of man. This is particularly true of city dwellers who almost every day, see nothing but…

  • Passing of Taizan Gendo, Mark Adams

    Thank you Reni, for getting Tanabata Tanzaku for Zendo. Here you can find what tanabata is about.Here is our wish. “Wishing Hakone Zendo to be a place of peace in the community forever.“ “箱根禅堂がいつまでもコミュニティーの憩いの場であれますように“ Ann shared the passing of Mark Adams, Zen Preist. This is his last haiku. “Tender and fierce the clock, the whole…

  • Super Mario Galaxy Buddhism Cards

    Shared by Luke  flower arrngement by Reni Here is a link for everyone to download the cards I shared. You can print it out on “holographic cardstock,” which you can order on Amazon. The study terms are taken from the Kadampa Buddhist Glossary here I would also like you to share a link to this…

  • Tariki and Jiriki (他力 自力)

    Photo by Sondra Sharing by Ann Rev. Ito once described the hatching of a chick by saying that Momma henpecks from outside the shell while the unborn chick pecks in the same place from inside the shell….causing a rupture in the shell and the subsequent hatching of the chick. According to Google, this is not…

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