UnMind Podcast — Atlanta Soto Zen Center

155: Design of Future Zen part 3

Present as Prescient

Present is present.

Even though ever-changing,

Zen remains the same.

Zenkai Taiun Michael EliistonMay 22, 2024Design and Zen

154: Design of Future Zen part 2

Past as Prologue

Past, future, present –

Planning may be limited

to remembering

Zenkai Taiun Michael EliistonMay 15, 2024Design and Zen

153: Design of Future Zen part 1

Future Zen

Zen of the future –

Not that diff’rent from the past.

It is up to us.

Zenkai Taiun Michael EliistonMay 8, 2024Design and Zen

152: Election Year Zen part 4

Independence / Interdependence

What is all that noise

Coming from the noosphere?

It’s just the campaign!

Zenkai Taiun Michael EliistonMay 1, 2024zen and politics

151: Three Jewel Design part 3

One Jewel

Buddha is the end,

the beginning and be-all ‑

And always has been

Zenkai Taiun Michael EliistonApril 24, 2024Design and Zen, Three Jewels Design

150: Three Jewel Design part 2

Two Jewels

Dharma is karma –

All causes and conditions

Conspiring to be.

Zenkai Taiun Michael EliistonApril 17, 2024Design and Zen, Three Jewels Design

149: Three Jewels Design part 1

Three Jewels

Sangha comes not first ‑

but can be as pivotal

as the other two

Zenkai Taiun Michael EliistonApril 10, 2024Zen & Design, Three Jewels Design

148: Election Year Zen #3

Un-political
We’re not playing here,
messing with Mother Nature
missing our last chance.

Zenkai Taiun Michael EliistonApril 3, 2024zen and politics

147: Zen and Zero

Returning to Zero

Not just a number,

zero is the place-holder —

in all dimensions

Zenkai Taiun Michael EliistonMarch 27, 2024Zen & Design

146: Zen and Design Thinking

Order & Chaos

Chaos is, simply,

a higher form of order —

so get used to it.

Zenkai Taiun Michael EliistonMarch 20, 2024Design and Zen

145: Time and Zen

Time & Zen

Time is all we have —

but there is no time to waste!

Moment by moment...

Zenkai Taiun Michael EliistonMarch 13, 2024Design and Zen

144: Election Year Zen part 2

Politics and Zen

Now that we have seen

the worst-case scenario,

silence seems prudent

Zenkai Taiun Michael EliistonMarch 6, 2024zen and politics

143: Zen = More is Less

More is Less

“More or less,” we say —

when unable to decide.

More is less is more

Zenkai Taiun Michael EliistonFebruary 28, 2024Zen & Design

142: Zen = Less is More

Less Is More

“Less is more,” some say —

Others: “More the merrier”

I say “more is less.”

Zenkai Taiun Michael EliistonFebruary 21, 2024Zen & Design

141: Teaching Design and Teaching Zen

Design versus Zen

They can be compared,

but only for the contrast —

You alone decide

Zenkai Taiun Michael EliistonFebruary 7, 2024Zen & Design

140: Teaching Zen and Teaching Design part 1

Zen and Politics

From the beginning

Buddhism was politic

Not political

Zenkai Taiun Michael EliistonJanuary 31, 2024Zen & Design

139: Zen and Politics

Zen and Politics

From the beginning

Buddhism was politic

Not political

Zenkai Taiun Michael EliistonJanuary 24, 2024zen and politics

UnMind December 2023 Announcement

Zenkai Taiun Michael EliistonDecember 13, 2023Design and Zen

138: Zen and Zazen

Zen versus Zazen

They are not the same

And yet not sep’rate either —

Hello, holarchy

Zenkai Taiun Michael EliistonDecember 6, 2023Design and Zen

137: Compassion and Passion

Com-Passion

Practice compassion —

a worthy aspiration.

But it’s not like that.

Zenkai Taiun Michael EliistonNovember 22, 2023Design and Zen

Zen Moments With Great Cloud

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