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A blog and Dharma forum from Jiryu Mark and Hondo Dave Rutschman-Byler. I just learned from a dear Dharma friend that our great teacher Harada Tangen Roshi, of Bukkokuji Temple in Obama-shi, Fukui-ken, has passed away at the age of 93. Though I was and continue to be, your teaching and presence still ring through my being. With one hand, fire.

The look, feel, and stuff of the Dharma. She says it too, of course. Something I want to express. And the best way I know is to simply do it.

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Monday, June 8, 2015. New Poetry, April 2015.

Zen, Music, and Movement Blog. Right Speech In Social Media, and Being Interviewed. To make it really brief, it is. Pause and take a breath or two before you type. And if you can do that, then your chances of sounding even remotely intelligent are higher. But damn, the temptation to give a virtual middle finger can be so strong at times. Anyway, they interviewed me briefly about my .