“When you sail out in a boat to the midst of an ocean where no land is in sight, and view the four directions, the ocean looks circular, and does not look any other way. But the ocean is neither round nor square; its features are infinite in variety. It is like a palace. It is like a jewel. It only looks circular as far as you can see at that time. - Dogen Zenji Genjokoan Welcome to Shores of Zen.    Jiryu’s book Two Shores of Zen:   An American Monk’s Japan. His blog, No Zen in the West. The webpages of the San Quentin State Prison Zen group, the Buddhadharma Sangha. The unsurpassed Dharma folk tunes of Ben Gustin. It also features extensive audio of Jiryu’s Buddhist teaching - recordings of public talks at temples affiliated with the San Francisco Zen Center        as well as audio and some written materials for a few several-part class series taught by Jiryu at Green Gulch Farm Zen Center Some of Jiryu’s  is also available here. A website bundling some projects and passions of Jiryu Mark Rutschman-Byler.