Here's how the story goes: A young monk in China spent months climbing mountains and crossing rivers to reach the monastery of a holy woman he had heard about. When he finally got there, two acolytes ushered him into a beautiful waiting room. There he sat for hours. Halfway into the next day he dema
Our Zen gardener gets a nudge to visit the Portland Japanese Garden and finds five gardens in one.
Our Zen gardener suggests the path of dana paramita, a voluntary giving of one's wisdom, time, or assistance.
Our Zen gardener advises, "Drink until election day," but it's not what you think.
One of Buddha's most interesting and helpful teachings, for me, was about the process of refining gold. He said that gold isn't refined in one step. Instead, first the big non-gold boulders are removed from a mix of metal and dirt. Then the smaller pebbles are removed and then the smaller ones, unti
