8 min
Talk
Twenty-First Century Morality
The precepts read for a century that has more power than it knows what to do with.
About the teacher
John Daido Loori
American Zen teacher (1931–2009) who founded Zen Mountain Monastery in the Catskills and the Mountains and Rivers Order. He received dharma transmission from Taizan Maezumi in 1986. He was also a photographer and film-maker, and taught the arts as a practice rather than a hobby.
Talks & videos
Watch.
Short introductions and longer conversations, to hear this teacher in their own words.
8 min
Talk
Zen Photography
On the camera as a way of seeing rather than of recording.
9 min
Meditation
The Still Point
His 1998 introduction to zazen: posture, breath and what to do with the mind, in nine minutes.
30 min
Documentary
Water Speaking Water
His own 2008 film: half an hour of moving water, made as a teaching rather than about one.
Path
The wider context.
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Zazen & everyday awareness
Zen
Direct meditative practice, zazen and everyday awareness in traditions rooted in Chinese Chan and its later forms.
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