I refer back to my teachers because I didn’t make up any of this.

In the past, I've said to students that we must train to be perfect, even though we know we never will be.  I hear a lot of people say...

Students sometimes ask me what they need to work on the most, and I always give the same answer: “whatever you like least.” This is my...

When I first read Shunryu Suzuki's work 20+ years ago, it stuck with me. His book Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind felt important, even though...

When I was a young black belt beginning my teaching apprenticeship, I was fairly sure that it was a racket when I was asked to teach. ...