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Articles

A selection of featured articles from RZC’s primary publication, Zen Bow. For recent issues, subscription information, and more, please see the Zen Bow page.

April 6, 2020

Mumonkan, Case 48: “Kempo’s One Road”

A monk once asked Master Kempo, “A sutra says, ‘The Bhagavats in the Ten Directions, one straight road to Nirvana.’ I wonder, where is that road?” Kempo lifted up his stick, drew a line in the air, and said, “Here!”
Later a monk asked Ummon about this. Ummon held up his fan and said ….

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April 6, 2020

Interconnection and the Alchemy of Performance

An Interview with Rebecca Gilbert The discovery of interconnection, on the stage and in the zendo. Zen Bow: Were you raised in a religious or spiritual tradition? Rebecca Gilbert: My mother had more of an interest than my father in making sure we had a spiritual path, so we were enrolled in a Sunday School…

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April 6, 2020

The Journey Towards Rıght Action

Lobbying for Climate Legislation How to Persuade Politicians to Do the Right Thing The first time I met with a member of Congress on climate issues was when I went to Washington, DC in November of 2019. I was struck by how different it was from my 20 years of meeting with members of the…

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February 14, 2020

A Small Syllable of Great Power

When we have made the decision to pick up Mu, calling out Mu and listening to Mu, there’s no use getting entangled in questions “about” Mu.

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February 14, 2020

Cancer Koans: A Frozen Tree Blossoms

A new member reflects on his harrowing cancer treatments and the possibility of imminent death

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November 14, 2019

Kyosei’s Sound of Raindrops

If there had been some kind of answer that Kyosei could give the monk to truly settle his mind, he might have offered it up. We grow into understanding, purifying ourselves all along the way.

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November 14, 2019

The Practice of Science, the Practice of Zen

This is where Buddhism can have an effect on the West: because Buddhism changes culture, and culture changes Buddhism. The metaphors and philosophical traditions in Buddhism offer another way to talk about these questions of physics.

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July 5, 2019

Sitting with Care

With the help of a months-long training program, a senior member dedicates himself to volunteer with people struggling with sickness, old, age, and death.

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July 3, 2019

Sei and Her Soul Separate

What is the enlightenment experience? It is the experience where one transcends the duality of self and other.

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July 3, 2019

Consciousness & Koans

So, what happens when the backward step is taken on the mat or through the looking glass of the mind and we turn the instrument of our being back onto being itself?

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