Hakone Zendo

Zazen Meditation Community in Saratoga, California

Category: zen

  • Before Plum Blossoms…

    The cold frost of discipline     is required Before we can smell the sweetness of plum blossoms in spring Ann’s talk on plum blossoms.   

  • Ann’s talk from 2/11

     

  • Winter Garden

    Ann’s talk about taking a moment to realize whats around you.

  • “Each of you is perfect the way you are … and you can use a little improvement.” Shunryū Suzuki

    Ann  talked about Suzuki Roshi‘s quote ““Each of you is perfect the way you are … and you can use a little improvement.”

  • 得牛（tokugyu）

    Ann talked about 得牛（tokugyu) from Ten Bulls.   Making a friend with bull…’    

  • 見牛　(kengyu)

    Ann talked about 見牛(kengyu) from Ten Bulls. Here is the poem. I hear the song of the nigtingale. The sun is warm, the wind is mild,  willows are green along the shore- Here no bull can hide! What artist can draw that massive head, those majestic horns?

  • [Time to explore] Coming Home on the Ox’s Back

    Ann’s talk on Coming Home on the Ox’s Back.  It was a time for the boy to explore…   Along the riverbank under the trees, I discover footprints. Even under fragrant grass, I see his prints. Deep in remote mountains they are found. These traces can no more be hidden than one’s nose, looking heavenward

  • 生老病死　(shourou byoshi)

    Rev Ito’s Teisho.  Born, get older, sickness and death. We were able to present him with Bonsho as well.