Support Our Sangha in 2024
A message from Abbot Taiso Roshi Dear Hollow Bones Zen Practitioners and Supporters, This is the time we reach out…
Stewardship & Financial Aid
Hello, Sangha! As the person most often bookkeeping for the order, I wanted to take an opportunity to talk about…
Support our Scholarship Fund
Dear Sangha: Summer has arrived for most of us in the U.S., and it’s pretty glorious. The energy of the…
Stepping into the 5 Mirrors
The Five Practice Mirrors (FPM), also referred to as the Five Training Elements, are the organizing principle of Hollow Bones…
The sound Just Is.
by Yoshin Dave Klaus Friday, April 14 was Jun Po’s birthday, and it was a fine day to do Mondo!…
A Tribute to Jun Po in 2023
The name of Jun Po carries weight wherever it’s written or spoken. As I’ve prepared newsletters and postcards and all…
Sudden and Gradual
I sit here looking out at a snowy spring morning and think of all the changes that have taken place…
HBZ Beginnings: Jun Po Denis Kelly Roshi
This is part of a series on the HBZ lineage. Read Part One & Part Two. On April 14, 1942,…
The Matrix of Silence: Serving as IT Staff
by Zenshin Susanne Fiege As I know it, Hollow Bones Zen started with in-person practice only, people simply meeting at…
A Painter’s Eye on the Sutra Book: The Work of Chelle Diederich
The Off the Cushion paintings feature the beautiful arrangement of jewel tones, which was a surprise to Chelle as she was creating them. “The paintings exemplify the questions and thoughts I was working through as I studied the book, and I initially envisioned these concepts being expressed with muted and somber tones, but that’s not what happened.”