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July 2022

July 15, 2022
      As it happens, today, the 15th of July is the beginning of...
July 14, 2022
      "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,...
July 13, 2022
          As I understand it the date we normally assign to...
July 12, 2022
      Teitaro Suzuki died on this day, the 12th of July, in 1966....
July 10, 2022
    The Stoics emphasized three things. The first was virtue, a way of discerning...
July 09, 2022
      I noticed that it was today, the 9th of July, in 1969,...
July 08, 2022
  Yesterday Jan and I saw "Elvis." The theater we were in had three people...
July 07, 2022
      I read somewhere someone say "Joan of Arc visited me in a...
July 07, 2022
    Right now, every week I visit my friend who suffered the swarm of...
July 05, 2022
      Last year, a foolish monk. This year, no change. Ryokan Fifty-two years...
July 04, 2022
      Today is the Fourth of July. We mark this date as the...
July 04, 2022
            SEARCHING FOR WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT A Zen Meditation for...
July 03, 2022
    THE FIFTH OF JULY What’s Wrong, and What Might be Right James Ishmael...
July 03, 2022
      Me, I'm the first television generation. Those just a couple of years...
July 02, 2022
      Herman Hesse was born on this day, the 2nd of July, 1877....

June 2022

June 30, 2022
          As I reflect on the nature of Zen come West...
June 27, 2022
    I'm visiting with an old friend who is in nursing care, and actually...
June 26, 2022
        Today, the 26th of June, the American Episcopal Church celebrates the...
June 25, 2022
      For me, today, the 25th of June is something of a holy...
June 24, 2022
        Today, the 24th of June, is Midsummer Day, the ancient European...
June 22, 2022
      As it happens it was on this day, the 22nd of June...
June 19, 2022
    Robert Aitken was born on this day, the 19th of June, in Philadelphia,...
June 18, 2022
      Frithjof Schuon was born in Basel, Switzerland, on this day, the 18th...
June 17, 2022
        Today, the 17th of June, is celebrated in the Anglican communion...
June 15, 2022
        A student of the intimate way asked Zhaozhou, "Why did Bodhidharma...
June 14, 2022
      At this moment in my life, I suffer from an abundance of...
June 13, 2022
      I've just noticed that the Episcopal Church observes today, the 13th of...
June 12, 2022
      Emptiness: A Practical Guide for Meditators GUY ARMSTRONG Somerville, Mass.: Wisdom Publications,...
June 11, 2022
          So, there I was minding my own business poking through...
June 10, 2022
      Dr Robert Smith took his last drink today, the 10th of June,...
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