In Zen funerals, we talk directly to the departed. I am at a loss for words. I am hoping that words will come. I am picturing you....

This has been the expression of my vow since I found the words in Bernie’s Instructions to the Cook. “Bringing to the societal table...

This has to be the Zen practice. I love the story of the Golden City which the Buddha tells in the Lotus Sutra. It has inspired me. It is...

Catching the magic is sometimes not so easy. Stumbling into the magic of success is not something to be taken for granted. It has always...

The selflessness of social action is not self-neglect just as self-care is not self-neglect. There are four phrases that come to mind,...

What is my “No!” When do I shout it? Do I really shout? “No!” Jesse and Theresa Peterford first met at ICS. Theresa, star teacher, chief...

Delusions are inexhaustible, I vow to transform them. When I was doing koan practice with Jishu, very briefly in the last year of her...

We were serving special needs students at double the district rate. As we have built our schools, I have been guided by, anchored in an...

Zen’s relationship to mothers has always seemed a bit strange. Mother’s Day, 2020 is also the twenty-fifth anniversary of Maezumi Roshi’s...

No one likes budget cuts. They are always painful. This was shaping up to be our most painful budget. Business people say when they are...

Coming Soon, a case study in Zen Budgeting: Budgeting through the Covid-19 Pandemic. I am too grandmotherly. The Gateless Gate is the...

At a Zen funeral, we talk directly to the person who has left us. Oh, Richard, thinking of you, I smile. We had so much more to do. So...