(Follow this link to see the September 2024 Priory Newsletter where this was recently published.) We recently posted a mildly revised version of Dogen’s work Gakudo Yojinshu (which might be translated as “Important Aspects of Zen Practice”) on our website. … Continue reading →
(Follow this link to see the July 2024 Priory Newsletter where this was recently published.) – Rev. Master Jiyu-Kennett (For more information about Rev. Master Jiyu-Kennett, go here.) (The following selection is an excerpt from The Wild, White Goose, by … Continue reading →
(Follow this link to see the June 2024 Priory Newsletter where this was recently published.) It looks like we are very close to getting our building permit and the builder has given us a firm quote for the price of … Continue reading →
(Follow this link to see the May 2024 Priory Newsletter where this was recently published.) – Rev. Master Koten Benson, Lions Gate Buddhist Priory, CANADA (This article orignally appeared in the Autumn, 1990 issue of the Journal of Order of … Continue reading →
(Follow this link to see the April 2024 Priory Newsletter where this was recently published.) – Rev. Master Jiyu-Kennett The following is Reverend Master Jiyu-Kennett’s closing lecture to trainees attending the Denkoe or Transmission of the Lamp retreat in the … Continue reading →
(Follow this link to see the March 2024 Priory Newsletter where this was recently published.) – Thich Nhat Hanh This short teaching about embracing loneliness is part of a talk Thay gave on the 13th of December 2012, during the … Continue reading →
(Follow this link to see the February 2024 Priory Newsletter where this was recently published.) Anna Ayse Atika, OBC — The Netherlands — This article first appeared as a posting on the blog Jade Mountains Buddha Hall in autumn of … Continue reading →
(Follow this link to see the January 2024 Priory Newsletter where this was recently published.) – Rev. Master Berwyn Watson, Abbot of Throssel Hole Buddhist Abbey, Northumberland, UK. (This article originally appeared in the Journal of the Order of Buddhist … Continue reading →
(Follow this link to see the December 2023 Priory Newsletter where this was recently published.) There is a traditional teaching in Buddhism about what are called the “Eight Worldly Conditions.” These conditions are gain and loss, fame and disrepute, praise … Continue reading →
(Follow these links to see the September 2023 Priory Newsletter, the October 2023 Priory Newsletter or the November 2023 Priory Newsletter where this was published in three parts.) – Rev. Master Jiyu-Kennett The following is a transcription of a lecture … Continue reading →
