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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Monday, June 1, 2020

Two Steps, Two Months, One koan

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   Dear  12 & Zen Friends:  With what's going on in my town, county, state, nation and the world -- I'm feeling exhausted t...
Saturday, May 9, 2020

Suffering through Step 5

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Step 5:  Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs. Koan: Layman P’ang said: “From out o...
Thursday, April 30, 2020

12 & Zen for May

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  Step 5:  Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.   Koan: Layman P’ang said: “From out...
Saturday, April 11, 2020

Sitting with Step 4 amid the VIRUS

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Here we are, in the thick of Sheltering-in-Place, practicing 12 & Zen in our homes instead of meeting in the Zendo. Yesterday, ...
Monday, March 30, 2020

Step 4 and April Koan

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Step 4:  Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. KOAN : From Bodhisattva’s Vow – Torei Enji  If someone tur...
Monday, March 16, 2020

Step 3 -- Just this cuts through fantasy

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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: Just this. Step 3 is abs...
Sunday, March 1, 2020

Step 3 and our March koan

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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: Just this. That's it.  J...
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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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