Mugai Nyodai, known also as Chiyono, was one of the first Japanese women to receive transmission in Zen.. While she is well known through her founding of many women's Zen monasteries, she is relatively unknown to those of us in the West who are more familiar with the Patriarchs of Zen, like Hui-neng or Bodhidharma.
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On the Transmission of Mind – Part 12
19.04.2026 | 9 min.
This piece of Huang Po’s touches elements of practice that seem to turn your mind inside out at first. He seems to raise more questions than answers, and thus helps us return to beginner’s mind—that place where we don’t know as much and are ready to learn.
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True School of the Ancient Buddhas
14.04.2026 | 7 min.
Down to earth and, at the same time, a most expanded view of practice; each line is an invitation to explore.
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On the Transmission of Mind – Part 3
09.04.2026 | 9 min.
We are exhorted to aspire to a paradoxical way of learning/unlearning in Zen; to “think” the unthinkable. Many words are used to help us see the limitations of words, and yet, we keep reading, studying, and aspiring to something we inherently possess.
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The Activity of the Reality of Life
05.04.2026 | 8 min.
Uchiyama Roshi begins with a powerful line that stops us right at the very beginning of this reading. To live the reality of true fluidity existing between ourselves and the world is a profound experience in anyone’s life and practice.
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