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Zen Medication
Zen Medication. Take twice daily. If dose is exceeded, contact nearest Zen Center immediately as you may require intensive training. Possible side effects include stability, peace of mind, a feeling of good will to all mankind and the desire to help others.
January 15, 2012 | Comments: 5 -
We don't think winter becomes spring, we don't say spring becomes summer
2012 is upon us. Prepare to be bombarded with Mayan-end-of-the-epoch-themed movies and TV specials as we approach the fall. Here at Yokoji we brought in the New Year in our usual way, with a...
January 07, 2012 | Comments: 1 -
Fire and Ice
I'm in the process of putting together the Community Journal for the first quarter of 2012 and the dharma talk for this issue is Tozan's 'No heat or cold'. Bill Shinjin Butler selects and...
December 18, 2011 | Comments: 3 -
Same sky different moon
It is now almost three weeks since the end of the Fall Training Period. Long enough at Yokoji for it to become a distant memory, ungraspable like everything else. Three weeks is also long enough...
December 11, 2011 | Comments: 3 -
Solar Power and Final Seals
I am excited to announce that yesterday we completed the solar install. I say completed, but it seems that really there is no such thing. The new panels are up and working, but we still have some...
November 28, 2011 | Comments: 5 -
Occupy Yokoji
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!
Tomorrow the residents will gather at the Inryo (Tenshin Roshi's House) for a traditional Thanksgiving meal. We are all enjoying a - hopefully - well-deserved...
November 24, 2011 | Comments: 1 -
We Got the White Stuff
The Fall that has felt like an extension of late summer up until now has turned wintry quickly. The temperature has dropped in to the 30s (both highs and lows) and we have had a couple of days of...
November 07, 2011 | Comments: 0 -
Sesshin in Liverpool
Tenshin Roshi and Keizan Sensei facilitated a sesshin in the UK last week. 50 people from all over the world (UK, Germany, Norway, Netherlands, Estonia, New Zealand, USA) attended and I'm very...
November 03, 2011 | Comments: 0 -
This rudderless ship is sailing just fine
A still image from one of the videos I'm working on—Keijo doing zazen.
Tenshin Roshi is away in England for a couple of weeks, returning on October 30th. Every year he goes...
October 23, 2011 | Comments: 0 -
Still using Internet Explorer? Read on...
For the past few months I've been working on a new version of the zmc.org website. It is not a radical departure - it looks pretty much the same just with more pages and more content. The site is...
October 10, 2011 | Comments: 2