Why Don’t Monks Squat? This one does. In fact, all WF Fitness Monks are required to take Study beneath the Squat Bar Zendo! i maintain that there is no Zafu Cushion quite as effective as a heavily loaded barbell across ones shoulders. Why Don’t Monks Squat? That is a fine question, one that i asked […]
Yao-shan was sitting quietly in cross-legged meditation when a monk asked him,“In this immovable position, what are you thinking?” “Thinking of that which is beyond thinking,” said Yao. “How do you go on thinking that which is beyond thinking?” pressed the monk. “By not thinking.” – Zen storycontributed by HP Yogini Leslie, a student of […]
WF Teacher Joy’s latest edition of her Joyful Breath blog is absolutely brilliant dharma for your spiritual quiver today… don’t miss it! here is the link: The Joyful Breath Beautiful work, my Beloved!
Okay, after winning the nordic ski race earlier today (see PART I in this past week’s DL), i still have not had enough…you wanna go take some turns on the World Class Extreme Terrain of Telluride Ski Resort with the new Champion? right on! let’s go! okay, let’s share some turns on the ET (Extreme […]
i point toward one of the only two directions that i have cared about in my life;Upward. the other? inward. endlessly, inward. photo; several hundred feet above my Zen Center in Jemez, New Mexico. i would often invite my other Zen peers to come and run or hike or climb with me outdoors. few ever […]
Buddha sat in serene and humble dignity on the ground, with the sky above him and around him, as if to show us that in meditation you sit with open, skylike attitude of mind, yet remain present, earthed, and grounded. The sky is our absolute nature, which has no barriers and is boundless, and the […]
“The Lotus Folded Feet of a Teacher in the Amitabha Lineage must belong to a humble, confident yogi capable of a wide variety of physical and intellectual fitness. This yogin must prepare him or herself in order to be able to not only Teach yet Transmit that which is spiritually helpful to the masses relative […]
Great Buddha,lap filling with theseflowers of snow. – Kikaku recent photo of the WF Temple H(om)e’s Garden Buddha; “Shaky”
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