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Tag: Dogen Zenji

A Soto Zen Buddhist Climate Statement

The statement below is a unique collaboration among Soto Zen Buddhists in the west. With roots in China and in the 13th century teachings of Eihei Dogen, Soto Zen is one of the largest of Japan’s Buddhist denominations. This practice … Read more

What About the Elections? — A (non-partisan?) Socially Engaged Buddhist View

Unless you live in a cave — one without cable or a satellite dish — you know the 2008 U.S. election is coming up quickly, and, to put it crudely, the presidency is up for grabs. I find myself thinking … Read more

Notes Towards a Practical Zen Psychology

Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)
I concentrate toward them that are nigh, I wait on the door-slab.

— Walt Whitman, from “Song of Myself”

Thirteen hundred years ago at … Read more