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The Jackalope of Self – Sunya Kjolhede
When we cling to the familiar, to this notion of self that we have welded out of thoughts and memories since time immemorial, then we’re identifying with the wrong master. Zen Master Bassui’s...
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The Cascading Mind – Sunya Kjolhede
When we first take up a sitting practice and look into our minds, we may be shocked to discover what’s going on in there. As the inner noise quiets down a bit, we start to see how scattered and...
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Psychodynamic Zen™, an Introduction – Lawson Sachter and Sunya Kjolhede
Psychodynamic: The interplay of conscious and unconscious mental or emotional processes, especially as they influence personality, behavior, and attitudes. We’ve created this section of our blogsite as...
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Abbreviated Ancestral Line – part I
Although we chant it at least once a week, for most people the Abbreviated Ancestral Line is a pretty enigmatic chant – for newcomers not much different from a Dharani, actually. Even if you stick...
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Abbreviated Ancestral Line – Part II
After about 900 years of teacher-to-student transmission, the practice that was to become what we know as Zen Buddhism moved from India to China. This happened somewhere around the 5th or 6th century...
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Mindfulness Practices and Beyond
by Lawson Sachter Meditation practices differ widely, and so do the aspirations of those who practice them. Each tradition has its own strengths and weaknesses, and different forms of meditation work...
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Hurricane Sandy
By Lawson Sachter As we all know, the devastation created by Hurricane Sandy has been massive, and the related suffering immense. At the same time it has been heart-lifting to see not only those...
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