Monthly Archives: December 2016

Ordering Inordinate to Ordinary Order

  Good morning!   At the end of our Rohatsu (Dec. 8) sesshin (embracing/touching the heart: 摂心・接心) commemorating the Buddha’s awakening, we have our ordination. Ordination is ordering into holiness (the holy order). Soto Zen does jukai (giving/receiving precepts: 授戒/受戒) of … Continue reading

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World Without War And Worst One

  Good morning!   We have a good cool Sunday morning after sittings and service, fortunately without the predicted snow. I forwarded to our listserv Ronnie Dugger’s article “Sole Control of the Use of our Nuclear Weapons” in the Reader … Continue reading

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World Without War

    Good morning! We have a peaceful Sunday morning with our sesshin (摂心、接心), embracing and touching the heart. Last night I read the correspondence between Einstein and Freud, under the auspices of the League of Nations and its International … Continue reading

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