By Myoshin Renee Taylor, excerpted from the March 2018 ZRS newsletter Thank you to Annie Quick-Laughlin for offering her home for our Henna Event in December. We had a great time visiting, learning the ancient art of Henna and experimenting with our newfound skills on …
Taiso Hannya Byran Bartow Roshi, ZRS Head Priest, excerpted from the March 2018 ZRS newsletter The three refuges or jewels of Zen Buddhism are Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha. In our service we have a slightly more poetic reflection of these. These are differentiated in communication …
By Ming-Kai Franklin Chen, excerpted from the December 2017 ZRS newsletter ***Here is the poem I wrote inspired by a story told at a concert/storytelling with a theme of “Homeless Connection.” The story told the chilling fact that many homeless people do not have resources …
By Jian Zhi Peter Tolly, excerpted from the September 2017 ZRS newsletter Walk after Storm Drops of rain like a dishcloth raised away from the sink— a dragonfly face down in the driveway. It was the flagpole’s clang that stopped me in the corner …
By Ming-Kai Franklin Chen, excerpted from the December 2017 ZRS newsletter At the CMind Conference, one of my instructors, Dr. Steve Murphy-Shigimatsu introduced three Pictographs of Chinese origins explaining the meaning of Zen (or lack of Zen). Dr. Murphy- Shigimatsu was born of a Japanese …
By Reishin Denise Leong, ZRS Priest, excerpted from the September 2017 ZRS newsletter Smile Amazon – Amazon will donate 0.5% of the purchase price from your eligible AmazonSmile purchases to Zen River. Go to smile.amazon.com, log in to your account, and choose Friends of Zen OSHKOSH …
By Taiso Hannya Byron Bartow Roshi, ZRS Head Priest, excerpted from the September 2017 ZRS newsletter We have recently engaged in some discussion about our community and how we might grow and deepen. This column shares some thoughts about this. The three refuges or jewels …