Each seed, or each plant, has its own character and its own color. If it is a stone garden, each stone has its own character. A long stone ...

Grahame Petchey's body was cremated yesterday, February 27, at Greenwood Cemetery in Mill Valley, California. Reb Anderson offici...

Eido Tai Shimano founded the New York Zen Studies and Daibozatsu Zendo Tricycle -  The Death of a Problematic Pioneer, Eido Tai Shima...

There will be a cremation ceremony for Grahame tomorrow (Tuesday) at 1:00pm  2-27-18 at Fernwood Cemetary in Mill Valley. FERNWOOD C...

People may say if the purpose of Zen is to see “things as it is,” then there is no need to practice. That is the big problem. I think in yo...

Anyway, it is rather difficult to see “things as it is,” because seeing “things as it is” is not just the activity of our sight or eyes. Th...

Just finished getting Notes on Crooked Cucumber up to date. Put the following in Notes on Notes: 2-25-18 - Been adding a little bit he...

So when you want to see, or be sure of, your mind, you cannot catch it. But when you just do something, and when your mind is just acting a...

One day, when I was listening to a psychology lecture, the teacher said, “It is impossible to catch our mind exactly. It is especially impo...

Julia Petchey read this poem from Richard to Grahame a couple of days before Grahame died. He died yesterday. See yesterday's post. Th...