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Seasons Greetings and Happy New Year

Zen in the city

I received an email from my elder kyudo brother a few days ago. It was about the Asian Art Museum holding a lecture on Shaolin:
The Shaolin Fusion: Epitome of China’s Spiritual and Physical Culture?
With Andy Ferguson
This lecture will explore the fusion of China’s spiritual and physical culture in the Shaolin tradition. [...]

Harry’s Workplace Session #5

We had seven in session #5.  The closing words of encouragement I provided was as follows:
Meditation is a great way to bring us back to ourselvesWhere we can really experience our full being, beyond all our unhealthy habitual patterns. In the stillness and silence of meditation, we can return to that deep inner connection that [...]

Session #4 at Harry’s Workplace

Had 5 attendees at session #4.
As in past practice, I made a closing statement as follows:
When we are feeling down or feel that the things are getting too heavy, we remind ourselves that quiet mediation will help us reconnect to the source from which we came from.   Meditation can effectively help us reach our inner self which is a [...]

July 13, 2008 - Heritage Park Session, Diamond Bar, CA

I was deeply honored to lead the Diamond Bar English session on July 13, 2008, as Brother JMJM and Sister Emily were out of town. I have been reading several books on the Zero-Point Field, Akashic Field, and Consciousness written by several well renowned physicists who are leaders in their field. While much of it [...]

Harry’s Workplace Mediation Session #3

There seems to be interest in learning mediation at my 1000-person workplace in downtown Los Angeles.  A co-worker, who is a member of our workplace yoga group, knows that I meditate.  So she suggested that I start a class to augment the short mediation that is done during those weekly yoga clasess.  I started weekly sessions on July [...]

Warming surprises!

For the USC Zen Class, the “official” 8-week series ended on 4/1, but we still have four more meetings which we watch Zen Master’s video seminar for half-hour and then practice meditation for half-hour. As the time move towards the end of the semester, people get busy and less people show up. But it’s not [...]

Meet Master 2008 - ???????

For the first time, our Master arrived in the US on Friday, April 11 at 6pm. Close to 30 practitioners met him at the airport.
Saturday, April 12, our Master was introduced to Orange County, etc. along with 50 other practitioners on a hired bus.
Sunday, April 13, our Master taught a one day class to [...]

the Zen mind …an intro

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XK_4Z5DZcNM
Zen China:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-edsEf2mDxI

The Tao has not form or sound…

 Seasons Greetings brothers and sisters, whatever your belief path, may you have a joyous end of the solar year season.
It has been quiet here as of late from the posting four
I came across this and thought it was interesting…
  Bloodstream Sermon
 
                        Bodhidharma              
                                  

 

 
Even if you can explain thousands [...]