A la King
In my 20’s, I was cooking for the first time, and one of my favorite dishes was Chicken a la King. I had memories of it from my childhood...
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Mr. Angiogram
Our practice goes on and on. It sounds so simple. We should be able to get to the end, but things are not so easy. We find our...
Jack Goldberg
Lineage is important in Zen. It’s one of the things that makes Zen Zen: Direct transmission of authority to teach and transmit the...
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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Ken Byalin
- Aug 29, 2019
- 5 min
Great Schools for Students and Teachers
Like it or not, might it be that schools exist to benefit and serve teachers as well as students? I’ve been reluctant to say this out...
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Ken Byalin
- Jun 24, 2019
- 4 min
Our Hedgehog (Again)
Accidentally, we had found our economic engine. Last year, in one of the first blogs, I wrote about Our Hedgehog. Waiting for my...
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Ken Byalin
- Jun 11, 2019
- 5 min
Monastery of the Mind
A glimpse of personal peace. When I was in my junior or senior year of high school, I read an article about Carleton College, probably...
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Ken Byalin
- May 22, 2019
- 5 min
Succession
I can’t possibly go on forever — transmission of leadership to a group seems more plausible. When I had only just begun to study with...
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