Practice, not theory.
A new Zen lesson every week
Latest lesson · 8/15/2026
Buddhism Is Not One Thing
From Theravada to Mahayana, from China to Japan, from Rinzai to Soto — a short map of how the different Buddhist traditions relate to one another, and where Zen sits within it.
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The Three Marks of Existence
Impermanence, dukkha, and not-self — three invitations to look at experience as it is, before rushing to explain it.
Previous lesson · 8/15/2026
What Is a Bodhisattva?
Bodhicitta, the six paramitas, and the four vows — why the bodhisattva path in Mahayana isn't a story about a distant figure, but a practice that starts with the next encounter.
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