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Jiryu Mark Rutschman-Byler
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Shores Of Zen
... 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...
                                          - Eihei Dogen-Zenji's Genjokoan
endless coastlines where the ocean takes its shape as land...
How far has Western Buddhism come
from its roots, or how far has it fallen?
Ten years of finding freedom in
the Buddhadharma Sangha.
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the beginnings of truly American Buddhist music.