Here is a photo following our Jukai ceremony last November during a sesshin at Providence Zen Center. I’ve included a few other photos from that retreat, including one of the altar memorial card for my mom, who had passed away just a few weeks earlier.

I gave this talk at Full Moon Zen’s Zazenkai on January 31, 2026. A recording follows the text.

A phrase from our Oryoki meal chant popped into my head the other day: “This meal of ten benefits nourishes us in our practice. Its rewards are boundless, filling us with ease and joy.” I chuckled as I thought about my experience of Oryoki practice during my firs...

I gave this talk on January 15, 2026. A recording follows the text.

This is Case 27 in The Blue Cliff Record:

A monk asked Yun Men, “How is it when the tree withers and the leaves fall?”

Yun Men said, “Body exposed in the golden wind.”

I had a mysterious dream thirty-five years ago. I didn’t understan...

I gave this talk at our Full Moon Zen Sunrise Sit today. A recording follows the talk.

This morning let’s return to a koan I’ve focused us on twice recently. Here are the first few lines of Case 19 in The Gateless Gate:

Chao-chou asked Nan-ch’üan, “What is the Tao?”

Nan-ch’üan said, “Ordinary Mind is the Tao.”<...