Fierce Dandelions

There has been a lot of dharma drama going on amongst members of the American Buddhist internet "sangha" over the past week. If y...

There's another American Zen teacher scandal flaming up the interwebs right now. I knew nothing about Joshu Sasaki Roshi before the cur...

I recently started my annual re-reading of selections from 20th Century Catholic monk Thomas Merton's journals. For the past few years, ...

Brad Warner, in almost punctual fashion, is back at his brand of fist in the face of the establishment Zen. His current post takes aim at w...

Because after too much time getting lost in the Zen tabloids: His brain feels more like this: Than this: "Insanity: doing the same thin...

For those of you who are tired of all this "scandal talk," I beg your indulgence for a little longer. I want to write about other ...

I have felt disturbed by some aspect of the ongoing discussions, both within my sangha and also online, concerning the various Zen teacher...