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Monday, January 29, 2024

Taking the Precepts (Jukai at Boundless Way Zen Temple, January 2024)

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Teachers and Initiates    Madhu and me Last weekend, six Boundless Way Zen Temple students received the 16 Bodhisattva precepts from the fou...
Wednesday, January 10, 2024

Great Bodhisattva November Sesshin, Running Still December Rohatsu Sesshin and Snow Falling on Bare Branches January Sesshin

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 November 2023 sesshin  January 2024 sesshin Since I last wrote in this blog, Boundless Way Zen Temple has hosted three sesshins, in Novembe...
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Thursday, December 7, 2023

The Mindset That Steals Your Joy

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I had the great good fortune to be interviewed by Dr. Kasim Al-Mashat, a Canadian mindfulness teacher.  We enjoyed each other's company,...
Wednesday, October 11, 2023

Photos from the Boundless Way Zen Temple August and October Sesshins

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Hospital for Hearts Broken Open August Sesshin Kindness and Compassion October Sesshin  
Friday, August 4, 2023

Hakuin's Song of Zazen paraphrased by Nyogen Senzaki

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My dear friend Dosho Port, Rōshi found the following text in his garage -- an unpublished manuscript probably given to him by his first teac...
Wednesday, June 28, 2023

This Very Sesshin: June 2023

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  This past weekend we completed our June sesshin, all online on Zoom, and lasting from Friday night to Sunday mid-day, our shortest sesshin...
Friday, June 2, 2023

Comings and Goings

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2005 sesshin photo at Senexet House in Connecticut Someone sent me this photo recently.  He didn't know where or when it was taken, but ...
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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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