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DEAR ZEN: Why don't I do the things I know are good for me?
Making positive changes takes more than just brute strength. It takes a strong spirit.
Mar 6
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January 2024
DEAR ZEN: Unmoored and Uncertain
A newly relocated reader asks, "Is it possible to have too many new things at once? Will I ever feel fully myself again? Does missing the people we love…
Jan 16
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December 2023
The Year of the Dragon
Thoughts on Zen and astrology, and an appeal to not eat the menu in 2024
Dec 29, 2023
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VIDEO: Fireside Chat with Chenxing Han
Recording and links from my conversation with the Asian American Buddhist writer and educator about her new memoir
Dec 14, 2023
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Cristina Moon
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Why I wrote Three Years on the Great Mountain
This was supposed to be just a reveal of the cover art and a FYI that copies are available for pre-order—but I found that I had much more to say.
Dec 6, 2023
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November 2023
December 11, 12PM PT: Fireside Chat with Chenxing Han
Join me in an intimate conversation with author, speaker, and educator Chenxing Han about her new memoir about friendship, grief, and Buddhist…
Nov 30, 2023
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Three Life-Changing Things I Learned Training With a World Champion Boxer
Boxing with seven-time world champion Michele Aboro at a Zen temple in Hawaii
Nov 14, 2023
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Cristina Moon
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September 2023
Zen & The Way of Tea
My recent trip to share Chado (The Way of Tea) in Madison, WI with Yumiko Sayama Sensei
Sep 29, 2023
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Cristina Moon
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DEAR ZEN: How do I navigate family members' squabbles?
Dear Zen, Two members of my family to whom I am very close don't get along. I frequently feel like I'm expected to "pick a side." What are some skillful…
Sep 20, 2023
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Be a Ball on a Fast-Moving Stream
"If there is a meaning in life at all," psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor Victor Frankl writes, "then there must be a meaning in suffering." As…
Sep 10, 2023
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In Human Existence, Suffering is a Feature, Not a Bug
But take what follows—and any attempt to explain or teach Buddhism through words, for that matter—with a grain of salt.
Sep 3, 2023
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August 2023
COURAGE & STRATEGY #3
An Interview with The Young Buddhist Editorial
Aug 23, 2023
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Cristina Moon
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COURAGE & STRATEGY #3
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