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Thursday, October 24, 2019

Ripening Sangha Sesshin

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photo by Corwyn Miyagishima The gang from our recent sesshin at Boundless Way Temple, which our tanto (head of practice) Rev. Paul Galv...
Thursday, October 17, 2019

Happiness and Suffering Arising Together

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Yarrow Flower at Boundless Way Temple, photo by Jenny Smith A dear friend and I were recently talking about the word "dukkha...
Thursday, August 29, 2019

Fish Mystery

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When I was young I loved a series of books called "Minute Mysteries."  Each page had a set of clues, and the reader's job ...
Tuesday, August 27, 2019

Junk Store Buddha

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Junk Store Buddha Buddhas appear everywhere, and that's very much in keeping with the Mahayana concept of Buddha Fields.  Everywher...
Monday, August 19, 2019

Ten Years at Boundless Way Temple

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On this date, August 19, 2009, David and I bought the building that became Boundless Way Temple the very next day.  Our first sesshin was...
Friday, August 2, 2019

flowers

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wild flowers, North Wales Today I was inspired by the lovely weather, the summer flowers, the cool breezes on a summer day.  And by thi...
Tuesday, July 30, 2019

A perfect shimmering sound

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Fado performers in Porto, Portugal I just read a lovely blog post from the Zen teacher Jon Joseph, about the following koan.  Thanks fo...
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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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