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Make It Your Story
At the big, Santa Barbara Zen Peacemaker gathering in1999, Bernie asked each of us to choose a persona, an alter ego, which we’d use in...
The Blindmen and the Elephant
Shakyamuni Buddha apparently liked the story of the blindmen and the elephant and used it often. The story is part of the folk knowledge...
No Worries
If we’re worriers, we worry about everything. We come to Zen practice looking for the peace of no worries, and we bring our worrying...
Kill Your Babies
I’m rewriting my first novel. Do you see the humor? For a while in my preteens, George Gobel was my favorite TV comedian. George used to...
Oh, Dirk.
In Zen funerals, we talk directly to the departed. I am at a loss for words. I am hoping that words will come. I am picturing you....
Bringing to the Societal Table Those Who Have Been Excluded
This has been the expression of my vow since I found the words in Bernie’s Instructions to the Cook. “Bringing to the societal table...
Visionary Leadership
This has to be the Zen practice. I love the story of the Golden City which the Buddha tells in the Lotus Sutra. It has inspired me. It is...
Magic
Catching the magic is sometimes not so easy. Stumbling into the magic of success is not something to be taken for granted. It has always...
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Make It Your Story
At the big, Santa Barbara Zen Peacemaker gathering in1999, Bernie asked each of us to choose a persona, an alter ego, which we’d use in...
Ken Byalin
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The Blindmen and the Elephant
Shakyamuni Buddha apparently liked the story of the blindmen and the elephant and used it often. The story is part of the folk knowledge...
Ken Byalin
3 days ago3 min read
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No Worries
If we’re worriers, we worry about everything. We come to Zen practice looking for the peace of no worries, and we bring our worrying...
Ken Byalin
Aug 142 min read
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