Sumeru News — Zen

Wayne Codling blogs about Buddhism for Victoria Times Colonist “Spiritually Speaking”

• Buddhism in Canada • Media • Meditation • Victoria • Zen

Wayne Codling, retired Zen monk living in Victoria, BC, blogs regularly on Buddhism for the “Spiritually Speaking” column in the Victoria Times Colonist. Here is a sampling of his recent posts:  Zen meditation is about authenticity  What is the essential Buddhist question? Suffering. The grievous harm done in war VWCC hosts premier of new documentary ... Read more »

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Happy 78th Birthday, Leonard Cohen

• Buddhism in Canada • Meditation • Montreal • Music • Zen

Posted on Parabola Magazine’s FB page, picked up by Sweeping Zen, and now reflected here. (But who of them can add the trivial fact, like I can, that I used to play in Murray Park behind Leonard’s boyhood home in Westmount, or that our mothers sometimes had tea together? Ho!) Love Itself by Leonard Cohen... Read more »

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“Zen Masters of China, The First Step East” review

• Books • Buddhism • Buddhism around the World • Buddhism in Canada • Montreal • Teacher Stories • Zen

Zen Masters Of China, The First Step East Richard Bryan McDaniel Foreword by Albert Low Tuttle Publishing 9780804842822 Publication Date: September 2012 320 pages, 5.1 x 8 in. $22.95 From the publisher: Zen Masters of China presents more than 300 traditional Zen stories and koans, far more than any other collection. Retelling them in their proper... Read more »

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Victoria Zen Centre video intro to Zen on YouTube

• Buddhism • Buddhism in Canada • Buddhist community • Film • Media • Meditation • Victoria • Zen

Eshusan at the Victoria Zen Centre has put together an excellent series of videos on aspects of Zen practice. Here is the first one: Orientation to Zen – Zazen (Zen Meditation) Also in the series are: Home Practice http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMbDKZy201w Five-Minute Practice Session http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pKwViVV41A Kinhin (Walking Meditation) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvY8J6YZHvA&feature=relmfu Arrival and Entering http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWbfxnRvxqs&feature=relmfu Jikijitsu and Shoji http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdPDXbV9ObU&feature=relmfu... Read more »

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Compassionate Earth Manifesto (Shodo Spring) & Keystone XL Pipeline prayer walk summer 2013

• Alberta • British Columbia • Buddhism in Canada • Buddhist community • Engaged Buddhism • Environmental Issues • Events • Saskatchewan • Zen

Shodo Spring is a Soto Zen teacher living in Minnesota, who is committed to engaged Buddhist practice. Earlier this summer, she published her Compassionate Earth Manifesto (see Sweeping Zen: http://sweepingzen.com/compassionate-earth-manifesto-shodo-spring). Next summer, she is planning to walk a significant portion of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline including portions through Alberta and Saskatchewan. She has also been... Read more »

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