by ADZG | Nov 15, 2022 | Articles
from Zen Questions: Zazen, Dogen, and the Spirit of Creative Inquiry, by Taigen Dan Leighton (Wisdom Publications, 2011) An Off-Beat Conference and a Song Gathering the Mind Sometimes in Zen we sit for a day, or three, five, or seven days, in what is called...
by ADZG | Oct 10, 2022 | Articles
A Meditation on Peace and War Taigen Leighton, September 2022 Shakyamuni the Awakened One sat down under a tree At the border of his homeland As the invading army approached. The two warring armies Hostile and fierce Arrived at the riverside And witnessed Buddha...
by ADZG | Jun 27, 2022 | Articles
The following is from my post to the Soto Zen Buddhist Association teacher’s list. It responds in part to comments by my Dharma sister, Konjin Gaelyn Godwin Roshi of the Houston Zen Center. Excerpts from Gaelyn’s post: The politics behind the recent...
by ADZG | Mar 17, 2022 | Articles
Dōgen’s Vision of the Environment and his Practice of Devotion and Faith by Taigen Dan Leighton from The Theory and Practice of Zen Buddhism: A Festscrift for Steven Heine, edited by Charles Prebish and On-cho Ng (Springer, 2022). INTRODUCTION In many of his writings,...
by ADZG | Jul 14, 2021 | Articles
by Taigen Dan Leighton July, 2021 I am writing to honor Thomas Cleary after his passing away June 20th and his amazing legacy of translations, Buddhist and otherwise. Many of his texts are crucial to Soto Zen practice, and for all modern Buddhist...
by ADZG | Oct 27, 2020 | Articles
Being Time and Deep Time Taigen Dan Leighton From A Wild Love for the World: Joanna Macy and the Work of Our Time edited by Stephanie Kaza © 2020 by Stephanie Kaza. Reprinted in arrangement with Shambhala Publications, Inc. Boulder, CO. Joanna Macy’s work on deep...
