Sumeru News — Zen
Embracing Uncertainty, coming soon
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EMBRACING UNCERTAINTY: Future Jazz, That 13th Century Buddhist Monk, and the Invention of Cultures. An anthropological memoir of the author’s experiences in Japan and other places to explore ideas of uncertainty and undifferentiation as they relate to ethics and culture. The book threads a discussion of jazz improvisation as metaphor for the human experience and the ongoing process of change that is the world. The Zen monk in the subtitle is Dōgen, who figures prominently in the book. John Traphagan is a professor of Religious Studies and Anthropology at the University of Texas Austin. The book is illustrated by Amane...
The Ox Herder's Diary
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My latest column for Buddhistoor Global... THE OX HERDER'S DIARY
Zen Conversations
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Pleased to announce Sumeru will be publishing Rick McDaniel's upcoming book featuring interviews with 40 Zen teachers across North America, Zen Conversations. Autumn 2021 publication date?
Shinko Roshi and the Five Goddesses
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Shinko Roshi, the subject of my latest column for Buddhistdoor, talks about her journey through Zen to invocations of the Five Goddesses. Here's the link: https://www.buddhistdoor.net/features/shinko-roshi-and-the-five-goddesses
The Zen Priestess and the Snake in Boulder in November!
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Here's the Boulder Bookstore book launch website: https://www.boulderbookstore.net/event/roshi-ilia-shinko-perez-zen-priestess-and-snake A $5 ticket for this virtual event gets you $5 off the price of the book. And here's their Facebook page for the event: https://www.facebook.com/events/2516049062025681/ And here's the poster: