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Saturday, August 4, 2018

Summer Sesshin Talks

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photo by Mark Brown The Dharma talks (teisho and encouragement talks) from our July Boundless Way Zen sesshin are now available for you...
Tuesday, July 10, 2018

Time after Time

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A dear friend pointed me to this version of Cyndi Lauper's wonderful song "Time After Time" by the late Eva Cassidy.  (Than...
Wednesday, June 27, 2018

A Zen priest visits the Relic of the Holy Blood

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Derrick receiving the Relic of the Holy Blood,  On the last full day that David and I were visiting the lovely Belgian medieval city of...
Monday, June 18, 2018

Don't be deceived by others

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Beach in Costa Rica This morning I was reminded by a student of this lovely koan case from the Gateless Gate collection by Wumen, numbe...
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Sunday, June 17, 2018

The Language of Dragons

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My teacher James Ishmael Ford, Roshi has just come out with his latest book, and it's a true treasure.  Called "Introduction to ...
Thursday, June 14, 2018

Urs App and Yunmen

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Back in the day, and I'm just talking about 1994, there were far fewer translations around of essential Zen texts.  Now there are many,...
Tuesday, June 12, 2018

The Empty Vessel

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Path to St. Elizabeth Church, Le BeguĂ­nage, Bruges, Belgium I just returned from a trip to Europe, where I taught some retreats and wo...
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Melissa Myozen Blacker
I am a Soto Zen priest and teacher. I worked at the Center for Mindfulness at UMass Medical School for many years, and have now retired to full-time Zen teaching. I am the abbot of the Boundless Way Zen Temple organization, with its main temple in Worcester, MA and practice groups online, throughout the US and internationally. www.boundlessway.org
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