Zen Subtleties

In a time long past two Zen temples existed not far from each other. Each had a child protégé. In the morning Taowu always went to the market to buy vegetables. Without fail he would meet the other protégé Changkung. It was natural that they would try to best each...

The Spirit That Endures

Here is a recent news article: US Weekly editors decide they’ve had enough of Paris Hilton. Paris Hilton gets out of jail on Tuesday and she won’t be on the cover of US Weekly on Friday? How, short of the Apocalypse, is this possible? “When it came down to it,...