Margaret and I are blessed with a wonderful group of creative Zen students. All do a lot of writing as part of their practice. Both in prose and in poetry. Often the writing is remarkable. Writing is done in response to study of the sutras, or of the precepts, or of various texts, or koans. With the student's permission some of this work will appear in this section. Sometimes with and sometimes without attribution, according to the wishes of the respective student.
Most zen centers have some form of ceremony, riitual, or requirements in order to study with a teacher. Some even draw up a contract between student and teacher clearly outlining expectations on both sides. Here at Treetop we ask students, when we feel it appropriate in their practice, to consider their relationship or commitment to the Three Treasures: the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha. Below is Jeremie's response.
Student |
Writing |
What It's About |
Peter Seishin Wohl |
A modern Jataka tale of Coyote meeting the Buddha |
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Peter Seishin Wohl |
Another Coyote Tale |
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Peter Seishin Wohl |
The Title Says It |
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Anonymous |
Commentary on the famous mantra of the "Heart Sutra" |
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Jeremie DayGlider |
A poem |
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Elaine Kiho Speiler |
A poem on Chapter II of Shantideva's the Way of the Bodhisattva |
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Peter Joryu Harris |
Poems on the first sex sections of the Diamond Sutra |
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Herby Ehinger |
Herby is an inmate at the Eastern Correctional Institution, Napanoch, NY. | |
Seikon |
Commentary on this wonderful, seminal sutra. |
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Seikon |
Commentary on Chapter 5,The guarding of awareness. |