Rusty Ring

One lonely commandment: If you don't like it, don't be it. (Photo courtesy of Danh Đãnh and Unsplash.com .)

"The secret of writing about Zen practice is sincerity, and if you can fake that, you've got it made." My riff on a quot...

"Within darkness there is light, do not be against the light." Shítóu Xīqiān (Sekitō Kisen) Best of thoughts to my Jewis...

In my university years I lived in a comfortably adequate basement apartment, where I developed a friendly rapport with my landlords – ...

We in Christian-majority countries are whelmed this time of year in the Nativity. That is, the legend of Christ's birth, with atten...

A Buddhist bow to the lighted candles of my Jewish brothers and sisters worldwide. Chanukah 2021 - 28 November to 6 December. (5782...

Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. In fact, just stay the hell away from m...

"When a shepherd goes to kill a wolf, and takes his dog to see the sport, he should take care to avoid mistakes. The dog has c...

The custodian of a large synagogue approached the rabbi one day and said, "Rabbi, I'm at wit's end. The temple is infes...

Last week a sangha sister drew my attention to a dramatic event in the Zenosphere: Adam Tebbe, founder of blog hub/online magazine S...

Faith is quiet. Doubt is loud. Faith is supple. Doubt is rigid. Faith is calm. Doubt is angry. Faith faults self. Doubt fault...

Know any Scrooge-sans? You know, Zenners who pout all December because it's Christmas and they're not Christian. If so, yo...

The Jewish community in the North Coast town where I grew up kept a low profile; though it gave us a few influential pioneers, I never ...

Why has Regina Spektor so brilliantly and thoroughly nailed this thing? Is it because she's Jewish, legatee of millennia of probing...