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This is Bill's blog about Zen, which is to say, everything. He lives in New Jersey with his wife and children, and two very Zen cats.
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Interview with an agnostic Zen Buddhist
A student friend of a friend was doing research for a comparative religion class, and I was asked if I would represent Zen Buddhism and answer some questions about my practice. I said I didn’t think I was a good … Continue reading
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Emerson’s house, and more synchronicity
This year has become my “Year of Emerson.” I finished reading the excellent biography Emerson: The Mind on Fire by Robert Richardson. I’m currently reading the edited collection Nature and Other Writings. I regularly visit Kirk McElhearn’s blog Reading Ralph … Continue reading
Bee-ing and Nothingness
I was afraid of bees when I was younger. Part of that fear, I’m sure, was fueled by my father’s story about chopping up an old wooden table out in the country and finding there was a hive underneath. The … Continue reading
Apple Blossoms
In our backyard, a small Buddha statue and a paving stone with the word “imagine” carved into it sit beneath a gnarly crab apple tree. Of the three, the tree is my favorite. It is the kind of tree Chuang … Continue reading
Breathing life into the printed word
I read to our kids every night when they were very young, and listened to them read aloud as they were learning their words. But as they became more accomplished in their reading, we all became more private readers. Sometimes … Continue reading
365 Tao, 108 Gates
Two of the things I resolved to do this year are to read a chapter each morning from Deng Ming-Dao’s 365 Tao and to accept the 108 Gates Challenge. Each chapter of 365 Tao contains a brief poem on a … Continue reading
Two favorite books for new parents
I discovered Zen about the same time I became a parent. So I sought out Zen- and Taoist-themed books as my children grew. Some to guide my wife and I, and some to delight the children with vibrant pictures and … Continue reading
A cyclical dilemma
I came to Zen via an early interest in philosophical Taoism (as opposed to the Taoist religion that sprang from it with all its metaphysical trappings). And on what seems to be a cyclical basis, I tend to embrace one … Continue reading
