THE WINDHORSE BLOG

When I was a teenager in the ‘60’s, one of the few Zen books available was Nancy Wilson Ross’s The World of Zen. That rich

Musings on Death Great is the Matter of birth & death Life slips quickly by Time waits for no one Wake up! Wake up! Don’t

By Sunya-roshi At this time of year, the world seems almost to hold its breath. The sun still pauses to rest in the cold quiet

By Sunya-roshi In the U.S. we make a big deal out of Thanksgiving, our annual tribute to gratitude, football, and overeating. Don’t get me wrong

November: A time of inward-turning as the darkness increases–when the great teaching of Death and Dying vividly plays itself out all around us. Leaves flying and

Here at Windhorse we ushered in the new fall season with a 7-day sesshin. So many forces, seen and unseen, came together to support our

by Sunya-roshi Oh that my monk’s robe were wide enoughto gather up all the suffering peoplein this floating world — Ryõkan What a time we