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Taigen's Articles

A list of articles written by our head dharma teacher, Taigen Dan Leighton.
Being Time and Deep Time
Bob Dylan’s Ongoing Critique of Social Injustice and Masters of War
Zazen as Enactment Ritual
We are all Refugees in Lions Roar Magazine, Oct 30, 2018
Meeting Our Ancestors of the Future
Huayan Buddhism and the Phenomenal Universe of the Flower Ornament Sutra
Dogen’s Approach to Training in Eihei Koroku
Dogen’s Cosmology of Space and the Practice of Self-Fulfillment
Dylan And Dogen: Masters of Spirit and Words
Reflections on Translating Dogen
Now the Whole Planet Has its Head on Fire
Hongzhi, Dogen and the Background of Shikantaza
Dogen’s Appropriation of Lotus Sutra Ground and Space
The Lotus Sutra as a Source for Dogen’s Discourse Style
Dogen’s Zazen as Other-Power Practice
Unalienable Rights, Mahayana Inclusivity, and Right Livelihood
Buddhism in the West and Liberation as Eternal Vigilance
Dongshan and the Teaching of Suchness
Power and Love in the Intermediate Realm: Buddhist Reflections on “Ghost”
Zen and the Art of Teaching: Buddhist Reflections on “Searching for Bobby Fischer”
Sacred Fools and Monastic Rules
American Buddhist Values and the Practice of Enlightened Patriotism
Ungraspable Mind, Deep Time, and the Bodhisattva Precepts
In Praise of Bodhisattva Vows
Where Buddha Lives Now
An Introduction to Skillful Means
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