"Can this thing called fear be ended immediately?" This is part of a set of questions or koans that was given to me some years ago, (see...

Last week I came across a (by now a bit tatty) piece of paper that was given to me years ago, at a meditation retreat. When we arrived,...

It’s very common to hear people say that, in meditation, we must quieten or silence the mind and search within for answers. Yet according...

What is Wabi-Sabi? The Japanese view of life embraced a simple aesthetic 
that grew stronger as inessentials were eliminated
 and trimmed...

"In the Beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's there are few" In his book, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind, Shunryu...