O-Bon
by Reishin Denise LeongZen River SanghaAppleton, Wisconsin Along this wayGoes no oneThis autumn evening -Basho On a mountain, in the woods overlooking a lake, a fire…
Dig Deep
by Monshin Kathy Mitchell Wind and Water ZenWoodruff, Wisconsin I’ve sat with a variety of groups, some secular, others Buddhist. In each, the conversation almost…
Can You Dance To It?
by Monshin Kathy Mitchell Wind and Water ZenWoodruff, Wisconsin As I reflect on Jun Po as a teacher, one of the things I am most grateful…
Monthly Message: June 2025
All the time I pray to BuddhaI keep onkilling mosquitoes.-Issa Summertime! Such abundance, and aliveness! Beyond words. And yet, and yet… we are blessed with…
Monthly Message: May 2025
Many thoughts arise as the start of sesshin at DBZ gets closer – one of my favorites being a beautiful tale, where acts of kindness…
Monthly Message: April 2025
If you are reading this now, you can thank Jun Po Denis Kelly Roshi (1942-2021), founder of Hollow Bones Zen. In the decades of his Zen practice…
Monthly Message: March 2025
Awakening with the EarthThat magic moment… when we once again see a small bud begin to form on a tree branch. A green blade of…
Monthly Message: February 2025
When I was training in grief support, my instructor shared a story about a group of Tibetan monks who had come to study hospice programs in…
Monthly Message: January 2025
Every December, I share Barbara Crooker’s poem “Solstice” in a dharma talk. She speaks of the despair after 9/11, a despair that remains 23 years…
Monthly Message: December 2024
Dear Sangha, As we enter another year, may we continually see ways to realize our boundless joy and express eternal gratitude for this gift of…