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 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, are connected to the tragedy. Buddhist monks pay...
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...
