An Essay by James Myoun Ford This essay attempts to address some of the issues concerning our emerging western Zen sangha, in particular the relationship between awakening, Dharma transmission and the institutions of ... Continue Reading »
I just read Storlie's opinion of the role Dharma Transmission and lineage has played in misleading Western Zen. Unfortunately you cannot blame a training program or certification process for human psychopathology and its ... Continue Reading »
Discussion was on May 21, 2011 Podcast Powered By Podbean Welcome to the first Sweeping Zen roundtable discussion. Our guests today are author Erik Storlie, Zen teacher and author Myoan Grace Schireson, and Abbot of ... Continue Reading »
Recently here on the Sweeping Zen website, there have been a couple of articles posted that discuss the practice of “Dharma Succession”, the first by Erik Storlie, and a response by Myoan Grace ... Continue Reading »
By Erik Fraser Storlie In August 2010 The New York Times exposed the persistent failure of both the Zen Studies Society of New York and the larger American Zen Buddhist community to address Eido ... Continue Reading »
By Zoketsu Norman Fischer | May 23, 2008 © Norman Fischer 2010. All Rights Reserved. Republished with permission. Transcribed and edited by Murray McGillivray and Barbara Byrum I want to talk a little bit about the ... Continue Reading »
The following discourse has been republished by permission. The following discourse involves Kyogen Carlson and James Ishmael Ford, both ordained Soto Zen priests and members of the Soto Zen Buddhist Association (SZBA). The ... Continue Reading »
By Jan Chozen Bays Several people have raised the important question of how and why Hogen, who is my husband, received dharma transmission from me. They wonder if this is an example of a ... Continue Reading »
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