Aloha Sangha

Suzuki Roshi

  • living into what cannot be solved

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    tom davidson-marx

    Mindfulness allows us to live into all that cannot be solved. It’s also a gateway to equanimity, the peace of the present moment. The other day, I listened to a podcast of an interview with Frank Osteseki, who is a pioneer in end-of-life care, founding in 1987 the Zen Hospice Project, the first Buddhist hospice

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  • this is why we meditate

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    tom davidson-marx

    In the present moment we discover a spontaneity beyond time, where there is no aging, no measuring, no comparing to what was, and no worry about what will be. Perhaps I get a little carried away with Buddhist contemplation? I mean, just the other day I felt compelled to pull over while driving to ponder

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  • the most important thing

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    tom davidson-marx

    Someone once asked Suzuki Roshi, the pioneering Zen teacher from Japan who founded the Zen Center of San Francisco in 1969: “Roshi, what’s the most important thing?” and he answered: To find out what’s the most important thing. Byron Katie, who teaches a practice called self-inquiry, said that the world’s number one problem is confusion.

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