

Tozan’s Five Seasons: Two—Eternity in a Grain of Sand
As we let go of our usual pressing forward, our usual dominant mind, we see that something comes to meet us. Form and reflection behold each other. One of the practices of this season is to look, really look, and forget what we know.
Oct 9, 2025
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 2, 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 25, 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 18, 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
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