Showing posts with label Claude AnShin Thomas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Claude AnShin Thomas. Show all posts
Thursday, 18 March 2021

Zen At War... With Itself

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'Way back in March of 2012 CE (how strange to have such a deep vault) I reviewed Zen at War , Brian Daizen Victoria's exposé o...
Thursday, 16 January 2020

The Winston Churchill Effect

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In Auntie's War: The BBC during the Second World War , Edward Stourton drops a bombshell. He's talking about how radio – the...
Thursday, 3 October 2019

Military Meditation

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Some time ago I surfed into What You Need to Know about Mindfulness Meditation , an article made available to military personnel (an...
Thursday, 5 April 2018

Blogger Kyôsaku

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"When I talk I am telling my story and also the collective story." Claude Anshin Thomas (Photo of the origina...
Thursday, 18 May 2017

Hermit Practice Kyôsaku

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"There is no escape from the nature of your suffering in this practice. When you walk, you are constantly confronted with your s...
Thursday, 9 October 2014

Happy Las Casas Day!

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This week I'm seconding a motion by The Oatmeal's Matthew Inman to see Columbus Day repurposed as Bartolomé de las Casas Day. La...
Thursday, 25 September 2014

Good Book: At Hell's Gate: A Soldier's Journey from War to Peace

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I'm not sure he'd appreciate the label, but Claude AnShin Thomas is the most prominent hermit of our generation. Though an orda...
Thursday, 21 August 2014

Robin Williams and Atonement

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I've purposely held off posting about Robin Williams until the tidal wave of pro forma anguish washed past and left us in a place of c...