Lost Coin Zen

The laugh’s on me:   this year’s man     is last year’s man.             ~Ching An A new year, a new decade.  Several of my friends have groused recently about new year’s celebrations.  Why make a big deal out of an arbitrary “turning point”?  It’s just a calendar date!  And I’ve felt the same way sometimes too.  [...]

This is part 2 of a video continued from this post. Doen Sensei discusses what it means when you commit to your practice and talks about the male & female versions of excelling in your practice. He also talks about access to teachers, and personal interviews with his Fourth Way teacher Mr. Willem Nyland. Also [...]

Today’s post is by Liz McCoy, a Lost Coin student in Salt Lake City. There was a discussion in the Salt Lake City Lost Coin class recently about the Lost Coin Blog. What is a blog?  Why have a blog?  Should we all write for the blog? The discussion left me thinking – 2009 is [...]

What do Alice in Wonderland, The Blue Cliff Record, San Francisco, and Kill Bill have in common?  Daniel Doen Silberberg Sensei, who has recently moved to San Francisco and will be holding the SF group’s first meeting next week. On December 16th, Doen Sensei will hold an introductory class for anyone who is interested in [...]