There is a man that Roshi follows sometimes who is a very well spoken “Zen Priest” who never actually got ordained, never went through the years of practice. They read a number of books and thought it was cool, and they found the robes somehow, and they have a fairly successful large sangha. Occasionally because…

While we essentially finished off the book of Zuimonki, Dogen told this story in it that is basically a koan. As soon as Roshi brought it up, he realized it needed to be its own discussion. Dogen says: Remember the story of Ryosui who visited Zen Master Mayoku. The lecturer Ryosui visited Mayoku, a disciple…

This week we are wrapping up our reading in recent weeks from Zuimonki, Dogen’s casual conversation teachings recorded by his friend Ejo. Roshi tells us that if anyone is interested to have a sort of ‘pocket’ portable carry-able set of teachings, Zuimonki is great for this purpose. Roshi feels that in regards to western psychology…