by ADZG | May 27, 2020 | Other Articles
by Gyoshin Laurel Ross Driving toward my block, hoping for a parking space, I was annoyed when the pickup truck ahead of me suddenly slowed. Was he going to snag my spot? No. He turned left into the alley and as I pressed down to accelerate I saw the problem. A...
by ADZG | May 21, 2020 | Chants
Today we honor and uplift that this territory is home to the original stewards and guardians of Chicago-land: the Miami, Oceti Sakowin (“Oh-chey-tee Sha-koh-ween”), Kickapoo, Peoria, Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi Nations. The alliance of the Ojibwe, Odawa,...
by ADZG | May 1, 2020 | Dharma Talk Videos
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by ADZG | Apr 19, 2020 | Dharma Talk Videos
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by ADZG | Apr 1, 2020 | Chants
Based on my love of the world and understanding of deep interdependence of all things, I vow: To live in Earth more lightly and less violently in the food, products and energy I consume. To commit myself daily to the healing of the world and the welfare of all beings;...
by ADZG | Mar 14, 2020 | Articles
by Taigen Dan Leighton Copyright © 2020 Taigen Dan Leighton This is a much-expanded version of a talk presented at the World of Bob Dylan International Symposium, May 30 to June 2, 2019, at the University of Tulsa’s Institute for Bob Dylan Studies. Bob...
by ADZG | Mar 2, 2019 | Articles
Taigen Dan Leighton Article for the book, Zen Ritual: Studies of Zen Buddhist Theory in Practice, edited by Steven Heine and Dale Wright (Oxford University Press, 2008) Buddhist meditation has commonly been considered an instrumental technique aimed at obtaining a...
by ADZG | Mar 1, 2019 | Articles
We are all Refugees: Tree of Life Massacre (from Lions Roar Magazine, Oct 30, 2018) BY TAIGEN DAN LEIGHTON| OCTOBER 30, 2018 Zen teacher Taigen Dan Leighton attended the Tree of Life synagogue while growing up in Pittsburgh. He reflects on how all of us, near and far,...
by ADZG | Feb 28, 2019 | Articles
Taigen Dan Leighton Published in “Shambhala Sun,” September, 1996, as “Now is the Past of the Future.” When we can fully see our own time in the dynamic fullness of time, without being blind to cause and effect, without being caught by limiting...
by ADZG | Feb 27, 2019 | Articles
Taigen Dan Leighton From the fall 2006 “Buddhadharma” magazine Chinese Huayan Buddhism is considered by many Buddhist scholars to be one of the highpoints of Mahayana thought, or even of world philosophy. The Huayan worldview – which emphasizes...
by ADZG | Feb 26, 2019 | Articles
Taigen Dan Leighton draft of article for the book Dogen: Textual And Historical Studies, edited by Steven Heine (Oxford University Press, forthcoming) Introduction to Eihei Kōroku Dōgen’s Shōbōgenzō is rightly celebrated for its playful, elaborate essays, with...
by ADZG | Feb 25, 2019 | Articles
Taigen Dan Leighton Excerpted from “Pacific World” journal, 2004. A significant portion of modern Dogen studies has focused on one particular essay from Shobogenzo, Dogen’s Uji, or “Being-Time.” Dogen’s writings about temporality...
by ADZG | Feb 24, 2019 | Articles
Steven Heine and Taigen Dan Leighton Published in “Kyoto Journal,” No. 39, 1999 Steven Heine, scholar of Eihei Dogen, the great 13th century Japanese Zen master and author, once remarked that he would like to be buried with the collected works of a great...
by ADZG | Feb 23, 2019 | Articles
Taigen Dan Leighton Published in “Dharma Eye” Journal of the Soto Zen Education Center, Copyright 2000 Translating Dogen, like reading Dogen (in the original or in reasonable translations), is a richly rewarding art. I am grateful to have been able to make...
by ADZG | Feb 22, 2019 | Articles
Collective Karma and Systemic Responses to Climate Disruption Taigen Dan Leighton From the book, A Buddhist Response to the Climate Emergency, edited by John Stanley, David Loy, and Gyurme Dorje (Wisdom Publications, 2009) For Buddhists to respond appropriately to the...
by ADZG | Feb 21, 2019 | Articles
Taigen Dan Leighton Preface to the book, The Art of Just Sitting, edited by Daido Loori, Wisdom Publications, 2002 One way to categorize the meditation practice of shikan taza, or “just sitting,” is as an objectless meditation. This is a definition in...
by ADZG | Feb 20, 2019 | Articles
Taigen Dan Leighton published in “Japanese Journal of Religious Studies,” vol. 32, no. 1, 2005 Introduction Zen Master Eihei Dogen (1200-1253) quotes the Lotus Sutra far more than any other sutra.[1] His use of the Lotus Sutra helps define the world-view...
by ADZG | Feb 19, 2019 | Articles
Taigen Dan Leighton Paper for an academic conference on “Discourse and Rhetoric in the Transformation of Medieval Japanese Buddhism,” 2001. A version of this article later appeared in the book, Discourse and Ideology in Medieval Japanese Buddhism, edited...
by ADZG | Feb 18, 2019 | Articles
Taigen Dan Leighton Article for February, 2005 IBS Shin Buddhist Conference on “Meditation and American Shin Buddhism,” later published in Pacific World. It is certainly true that Japanese Soto Zen founder Eihei Dogen (1200-1253) encouraged his students...
by ADZG | Feb 17, 2019 | Articles
Taigen Dan Leighton Article for the Journal “Bridges: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Theology, Philosophy, History, and Science” Volume 13, number 3/4; Fall/Winter 2006; “The Value of Buddhism for Contemporary Western Society” In many ways the...