Author Archives: Tony Doubleday

Deaf and Blind in the Land of Zen

By coincidence, I came across the following sermon by Dogen Zenji, in Taigen Dan Leighton’s translation of Dogen’s Eihei Koroku, having just put down A Blind Man in the Land of Zen, which is newly published by fellow Sangha-member Steve Hobson: Hyakujo received a shout from Baso, whereupon he became deaf for three days. All people in […]

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Ringsfield Hall Retreat, Suffolk, July 2013

Emily from StoneWater Zen London has written a piece on the Suffolk retreat with Keizan Sensei last week.  It can be found, with some lovely photos, on http://swz-northlondon.blogspot.co.uk. Sore knees, chilly early mornings, insects, sunshine, peacocks, birdsong. These are what first spring to my mind without much thought, and the list appears to get more pleasant as […]

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Six-Year-Old Dharma

I was asked to talk to the year-one classes at my daughter’s school after her own form teacher overheard her tell one of her friends that she should shave her head and “become a Buddhist, like my dad!” The six year-olds in year-one had been learning about Wesak, and their form teachers were looking for a Buddhist to talk to the children. My daughter’s remark was seized upon…

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