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Tag: Sexual Misconduct
Zen & Ethical Conduct: An Open Letter to Genpo Merzel
Posted on April 20, 2011 by Alan Senauke
This letter from 66 Western Buddhist teachers was posted yesterday to Dennis Genpo Merzel and to a number of Buddhist publications. It is the followup to a letter that was included in my 23 February posting “The Cloud of Knowing … Read more
The Cloud of Knowing & Not Knowing: Sex, Power, and Sangha
Posted on February 23, 2011 by Alan Senauke
Life is like stepping onto a boat that is about to sail out to sea and sink.
— Shunryu Suzuki Roshi
In late January at a gathering of students at Ameland, in the north of Holland, Dennis Genpo Merzel acknowledged … Read more
Turning the Wheel at Zen Studies Society?
Posted on January 1, 2011 by Alan Senauke
This afternoon, ushering in a new year, a new decade, and—I hope—a new turning of the dharma wheel in America, Shinge Roshi Sherry Chayat was installed as abbot of Dai Bosatsu Zendo in upstate New York. I celebrate her new … Read more