DharmaCrafts' Teachings
Is It Someone I Know? - Koun Franz
This morning, a fire truck went by, sirens blaring. Yesterday, walking downtown, I saw two ambulances and heard another a few streets away. Every time I hear those sounds and...
Is It Someone I Know? - Koun Franz
This morning, a fire truck went by, sirens blaring. Yesterday, walking downtown, I saw two ambulances and heard another a few streets away. Every time I hear those sounds and...
How to Choose Which Meditation Bench is Right f...
Who should use a meditation bench and why? All of our meditation benches are designed to increase comfort while in the seiza position. Seiza is a seated meditation position that...
How to Choose Which Meditation Bench is Right f...
Who should use a meditation bench and why? All of our meditation benches are designed to increase comfort while in the seiza position. Seiza is a seated meditation position that...
Enough Really Is Enough - Koun Franz
In “The Eight Awakenings of Great Beings,” Dogen, the founder of Soto Zen in Japan, wrote that the second is “knowing how much is enough.” He quotes the Buddha: “If...
Enough Really Is Enough - Koun Franz
In “The Eight Awakenings of Great Beings,” Dogen, the founder of Soto Zen in Japan, wrote that the second is “knowing how much is enough.” He quotes the Buddha: “If...
The Practice of Now - Koun Franz
I recently stumbled across a picture of myself from high school, right around the age when I started meditating. This was around 1990, and you can tell: in the photo,...
The Practice of Now - Koun Franz
I recently stumbled across a picture of myself from high school, right around the age when I started meditating. This was around 1990, and you can tell: in the photo,...
All That We Want - Koun Franz
What do you want? Right now? There’s a chance, if you’re in a comfortable, quiet spot, maybe holding a cup of coffee in your hand as you read this, that...
All That We Want - Koun Franz
What do you want? Right now? There’s a chance, if you’re in a comfortable, quiet spot, maybe holding a cup of coffee in your hand as you read this, that...
The Spiritual Practice of Being a Grown-Up - Ko...
It is said that at the end of the Buddha’s life, he gave a teaching about eight awarenesses that are present in “great beings.” The teaching appears in the Maparinibbana...
The Spiritual Practice of Being a Grown-Up - Ko...
It is said that at the end of the Buddha’s life, he gave a teaching about eight awarenesses that are present in “great beings.” The teaching appears in the Maparinibbana...