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Poem for Daido

by on February 19, 2010 in Zen

It was everything really The sound of the snow as I shifted from foot to foot. The air sharp, thin and cold The white pines long arms reaching skyward Needles turning in the wind. The chanting. Fire in the stone pit The smell of char. The burned paper notes of remembrance float Around me In [...]

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John Daido Loori, Roshi

John Daido Loori, Roshi

by on October 10, 2009 in Zen

Fare thee well old teacher, sage of Tremper Mountain, friend. Goodbye artist, entrepreneur, scientist, innovator, father, husband, grandfather, lineage founder, stones of Mountains and Rivers Order. “Now We Know You” Shudo and Doen photo by Caryn Shudo Silberberg

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Lost Coin Lineage

by on May 11, 2009 in Zen

Doen Sensei discusses the differences between learning from a living lineage and learning from a book.

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