Zen Center Regensburg, July 14, 2021, 5:58 am. Bastille Day — the beginning of the Age of Revolution. But what has really been attained through all of the “outer” revolutions

Today is the first day of summer Kyol Che 2021. The regions of northern India are regularly struck with torrential rains during the summer monsoon season. In the time before

As the yoga centers in Greece emerge from a long lockdown frozen sleep, this poster at our base in Athens, Synthesis Center, remains as one of the last big pre-COVID

People have asked several times on this blog about the possibility of eating pine needles during a long solo meditation retreat. “What is the benefit in doing this?” “Does it

This photo represents the final “formal” moment of my final Kyol Che in Korea, February 2016. Standing with the Zen master of the retreat, Hyon Muk Sunim, who is the

Today, the first full moon of the Lunar New Year, is the traditional end of the 90-day Winter Kyol Che retreat. At meditation and sutra halls all over Korea, and