My Job
July 31, 2021
Basically, this is the training modality of a Zen retreat, in condensed form: Sometimes I’m the coach-guy, and the retreatants are the competitor; but what they don’t realize is that,
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Snapshot of a Real Revolution
July 14, 2021
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
Summer Kyol Che’s Every Damn Night
July 5, 2021
Monday evening, July 5, 2021, 7:30 pm. Life after life. Never stop. Never stop. Never stop.
Reply to a Reader: “Watch Your Step!”
June 24, 2021
Question: Dear Sunim, Tomorrow I will be going into my first four week summer Kyol Che at PZC. Do you have any words of encouragement I can take with me?
The Meaning of Summer Kyol Che
May 26, 2021
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
Synthesis Enters the Thaw
May 22, 2021
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
Explosive Diarrhea Zen
May 4, 2021
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
Hae Jae Day: The Last Kyol Che in Korea
February 26, 2021
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
Winter Hae Jae Day 2021
February 26, 2021
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
