What is Money?
I am a video game junkie. Going all the way back to my first console as a kid, an Atari 2600, I’ve played hundreds of…
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The Body Positivity Movement Failure
Let’s talk about the Body Positivity Movement. It is failing. It’s making things worse. The underlying idea is not terrible. We can’t all look like…
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Robes and Responsibility: Understanding Zen Priesthood
When you first hear the word priest, it’s almost impossible not to import a whole set of assumptions from other religions. In the West especially,…
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What is Dharma Transmission?
Dharma transmission is one of those Zen terms that almost begs to be misunderstood. The word sounds mystical—like a secret spark passed from mind to…
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Cyber Security Full Course for Beginner
In this complete cyber security course you will learn everything you need in order to understand cyber security in depth. You will learn all the…
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How the Best Hackers Learn Their Craft
Do you want to know how to build a top-ranked competitive hacking team? It’s all about the system. In sports, we understand systems that coaches…
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Kodo Sawaki
Kodo Sawaki (1880-1965) is one of the names Zen students eventually run into, even if they did not start in a Japanese Soto temple. You…
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Oryoki
Oryoki is the Zen practice of eating a meal as if it matters, because it does. The word is often translated as “just enough,” and…
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Do We Really Need a Teacher in Zen?
Every so often someone asks this in a way that feels almost innocent—like a sincere hope. Can’t I just sit down, read a few good…
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Suffering Is Not “Suffering”
I’ve heard it said so many times that it almost becomes background noise: the Buddha taught that life is suffering. People say it with a…
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