Soen Nakagawa, winter 1957 Dear Sangha, I write with the hope that you are enjoying the height of winter with what Soen calls in his haiku, “lucid serenity.” I’ve been enjoying reading his extraordinary works recently, which influenced so may western socially engaged Zen practitioners, including many in our own lineage. He
“Miracles are nothing more than fetching water and carrying firewood.” Zen Master Dogen goes on to say that, “Even when people do not know that fetching water is a miracle, fetching water is undeniably a miracle.” Getting to this point in the purchasing of Bread Loaf Mountain Monastery and Zen
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Dear Beloved Sangha! This simple instruction for walking meditation has been my constant mantra since Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community started to consider purchasing a home for our practice. It has come in handy in the past two weeks especially, as a very active team of friends and sangha members have been navigating the winding way through the
We came off the streets of New York City on Sunday after our final council in Washington Square Park under the same ginkgo tree of our opening council a few days before. People with dogs, cellphones, and cardboard coffee cups rushed by, great street jazz blared a few yards away
By Sensei Joshin Byrnes “I vow not to speak of other’s faults and errors, unconditionally accepting what each moment has to offer.” As I prepare for bed tonight after a few minutes with the newspaper, I find myself thinking about this precept. The white supremacist violence we witnessed today in
We extend our boundless gratitude to everyone who gives to Bread Loaf Mountain to make our life possible
