Posted by Rev. David on December 19, 2008
Now that I have been home from my first Zen Sesshin for about a week, I feel I am able to write about the experience. I have tried to stay out of my discursive mind as much as possible this week, although that is challenging when you have final academic papers to finish. The Sesshin [...]
Categories: Interfaith, Ministry, Spiritual Practice, Zen
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Tags: Buddhism, meditation, practice, Rohatsu, Sesshin, Spiritual Practice, Unitarian Universalism, Zazen, Zen
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Posted by Rev. David on December 14, 2008
During the Zen Rohatsu Sesshin (7 ½ Day Zen Meditation Retreat in honor of the Buddha’s enlightenment day) that I attended this past week, I began to notice some eerie similarities to my multiple experiences of Military Basic Training. Though this was my first Sesshin at the Zen temple where I study, I have been [...]
Categories: Military, Spiritual Practice, Zen
| Tags: basic training, boot camp, meditation, retreat, Sesshin, Spiritual Practice, Zen
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Posted by Rev. David on January 1, 2008
I awoke this morning, the first day of a new year, to a fresh blanket of snow surrounding my Chicago apartment… not an unusual occurrence. But this morning, being a holiday, the city has been sleepier than usual. Often before I wake the streets are cleared, the sidewalks are scraped, and the vehicles have begun [...]
Categories: Turnings
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