Author Archives: Ron Pavellas
Shōbōgenzō by Eihei Dōgen
Shōbōgenzō Eihei Dōgen (1200-1253) brought what is now called the Sōtō school of Zen Buddhism to Japan from China. He wrote the first important Buddhist works in Japanese, rather than in Chinese. He founded the Temple of Eiheiji. His masterwork, … Continue reading
Is Man, Indeed, Like the “Slime Mold…”
…as Loren Eiseley states in his book The Invisible Pyramid? It came to me in the night, in the midst of a bad dream, that perhaps man, like the blight descending on a fruit, is by nature a parasite, a … Continue reading
