March 2011
“uhh…yeah…we ordered a chili cheese dog and umm…it didn’t come”
“dude, why are you blaming the hot dog?”
Yamaoka Seizan was one of the finest masters of his era. When he was a child, he studied the normal samurai pursuits of classical learning, but as a teenager abandoned all formal learning to concentrate on the study of the spear. In his early twenties, Seizan attained a profound enlightenment after discovering the inner principles of the universe through spear-fighting while defending a...
I want to entwine my eyebrows with Eihei Dōgen 永平道元 ——- ——- ——- But do not ask me where I am going, As I travel in this limitless world, Where every step I take is my home.
Zen Master Furong of Fuchou in Great Song upon his first encounter with Master...