The 12 Steps and Zen Koans

If you belong to a 12 Step Group, at one time you will hear someone say, "Upon working the steps, one day you will see where the Steps are working you!" The same can be said when you meditate with Zen koans ... a koan can pop into your life when you least expect it, giving you a new perspective on matters. Here we are practicing with koans to see how they can deepen our understanding of the 12 Steps in new and unexpected ways.

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Saturday, March 14, 2015

Step 3: Only the vine sustains you, only Step Three sustains you.

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Step 3:  Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him . Koan: You are bein...
Saturday, February 14, 2015

Step 2: Home Departures, Came to Believe

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Step 2:  Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. The fourth patriarch was Upagupta.  He was...
Saturday, January 10, 2015

Step One -- A wagon with no wheels

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Step 1:  We admitted we were powerless over something -- that our lives had become unmanageable. Master Gettan said to a monk, “Keichu m...
Friday, December 19, 2014

New 12 & Zen Location for 2015

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12 & Zen ,  WE'VE MOVED! Walk down this driveway, the zendo is behind the house. New Location effective January 9, 2015 7 PM ...
Monday, December 15, 2014

Buddhists and That 12-Step “God” Thing

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    "...with God as we understood Him..." This topic has been on my mind lately, that is, Buddhists finding their way in A...
Saturday, December 13, 2014

What is my worth?

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A glob of gum or a heart? Step 12: Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tr...
Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Step 12 Koan

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Step 12: Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and practice these p...
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We try to carry the 12 Step message to those who are suffering, "and to practice these principles in all our affairs." In Buddhism, our practice includes the vow to save all beings. Here the practices are melded into one -- bringing freedom into our life.
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