Category Archives: Zen

I have no choice but to pretend I am a warrior who knows no fear.

Saw this on someone’s blog, and I have to share it. the name of the song is UNINSTALL:   My interpretation is that it’s not about suicide, but rather disconnecting from our conditioning.

Calling Card – Zen story No. 30

Keichu, the great Zen teacher of the Meiji era, was the head of Tofuku, a cathedral in Kyoto.  One day the governor of Kyoto called upon him for the first time. His attendant presented the …Read More

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Chinese Saying

Lake Placid 2004

“When you drink water, remember its source.”

From Zen 24/7

by Philip Toshio Sudo

Zen Story No. 33

Mokusen’s Hand Mokusen Hiki was living in a temple in the province of Tamba.  One of his adherents complained of the stinginess of his wife. Mokusen visited the adherent’s wife and showed her his clenched …Read More