Tozan’s Five Seasons: One—Reorientation
Seido invites us into the first of the Kokun Goi—the “Cycle of Merit” poems corresponding to Tozan’s Five Ranks. We are invited to...
Oct 1, 2025


Tozan's Five Seasons: One--the Relative within the Absolute
In the dark, the darkening of the mind The mind that is spent of its thoughts and stories And the silence envelopes you Something alive...
Sep 24, 2025
Tozan’s Five Seasons by Means of Bicycle
Tozan’s Five Ranks, or Seasons, are poems describing the flow of practice through absolute and relative truth. Kyogen Carlson talked...
Sep 17, 2025


A Taste of Cultivating the Way Sesshin 2025
Sesshin truly begins as soon as we decide to attend. Something is stirred. The subtle effects of sesshin extend through the formal...
Aug 29, 2025


Koan Summer 9: Where Does the Path Begin?
Seido walks with us into the last case in the Mumonkan, Qianfang’s One Way . What does it mean to trust Mumon’s words, “before you have...
Aug 13, 2025
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