Topic: Buddhism

Intro to Zen and Buddhism 101

Busshō Lahn is a Zen student and teacher, and the guiding teacher of Flying Cloud Zen Spiritual Practice Community. He’s also a popular speaker, retreat leader, spiritual director, author, and a Senior Priest at Minnesota Zen Meditation Center. He first came to Soto Zen Buddhism in 1993, was ordained as a novice in 2009, and received … Continue reading Intro to Zen and Buddhism 101

There Would Be No Way of Knowing

Shunryu Suzuki, a Sōtō Zen monk and teacher who helped popularize Zen Buddhism in the United States, renowned for founding the first Zen Buddhist monastery outside Asia, once gave an entire dharma talk in four sentences (with only five different words): “Today is today. Today is not tomorrow. Today is not yesterday. Today is today.” With … Continue reading There Would Be No Way of Knowing