“The ordinary person’s mind is the Way. This very mind, just as it is, is Buddha.” Recently my fellow teacher, Kendo Roshi, suggested that we look into Bankei’s writings together. While reading Bankei’s writings what seemed so famailiar is what I often refer to as “resting in naturalness [of mind]”. Bankei says that, for example,Continue reading “Unborn Mind”
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Baisaō’s Tea
Waves roil in the earthen pot the wind’s thin wail starts up simmering tea and serving it, offering it to all mankind; a shame no one who comes understands it’s real taste; siting alone I brew for myself a tea beyond compare. This poem is from “The Old Tea Seller” a book of poems byContinue reading “Baisaō’s Tea”
No Gate Zen Center 