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Full Issues of Zen Bow
Coming to Practice: Fall and Winter 2008
Articles by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
Precepts 6 & 7 of the Ten Cardinal Precepts
Roshi Kjolhede discusses the Three Poisons and the effect they have on life and practice.
Sixteen Bodhisattvas Enter the Bath
A teisho on Case 78 in the Blue Cliff Record.
What is this body? An article that focuses on the importance of the body in Zen Training.
Layman Pang's Beautiful Snowflakes
A teisho, originally given during a heavy snowfall, on Case 42 of the Blue Cliff Record.
A frank and down-to-earth exploration on koans, the unique aspect of Zen training.
Articles by Sensei Sevan Ross
Koan Practice and the 6th and 7th Precepts
On personal "guiding lights" - and how inspiration can come from their human foibles as well as from their teachings.
Articles by Sensei Amala Wrightson
Explores the relationship between grace and gratitude.
Other Articles
Guiding Sparks by Robert Goldmann Sensei
A look at how "sparks" of inspiration continue to light and guide our practice.
Place Property Person by Richard von Sturmer
An exploration of place, property, person, and the nature of the world of form.
The Bodhisattvic Garden by Richard von Sturmer
A meditation on the changing seasons as they are experienced in the Zen Center's garden.
Unicorn by Rick Stirr
An airline captain experiences an in-flight emergency and goes deeper into his Zen practice.
One Love by Allan Whiteman
An article about seeing through the duality of "self" and "other" while in an intimate relationship.
A range of writers record how bodhisattvic forces have manifested in their lives.