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DECEMBER 5, 1953:... Am still aglow... Satori will hit me any moment now, I know it, I feel it in my marrow... Won't my Zen friends in the United States be envious when I write I have satori!... Don't think of satori, you fool, think only of Mu!... Yes, Mu, Mu, Mu!... damn it! I've lost it!... My excitement about satori has triggered off hundreds of thoughts-which leave me dispirited... It's no use, satori's beyond me...

from "Three Pillars of Zen," by Philip Kapleau

 

Gary Snyder

Blue Mountains Constantly Walking

 

Norman Fischer

Zen Work at Green Gulch, CA

 

Joanna Macy

Environmental Activism

 

John Seed

The Rainforest as Teacher

 

Philip Glass

Vegetarianism as Practice

 

Dogen

Mountains and Waters Sutra