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About: Benjamin Howard

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For the past thirty years I have practiced Buddhist meditation in the Zen and Vipassana traditions. In November, 2002 I received the jukai precepts in the Hakuin-Soen lineage of Rinzai Zen at Dai Bosatsu Zendo. I now lead the Falling Leaf Sangha, a Rinzai Zen practice group in Alfred, New York. Until my retirement in 2006, I taught literature, writing, classical guitar, and Buddhist meditation at Alfred University in Alfred, New York. I continue to lead the Falling Leaf Sangha, a Zen sitting group for the students and the community. I am the author of ten books, most recently Firewood and Ashes: New and Selected Poems (2015), The Backward Step: Essays on Zen Practice (2014), Entering Zen (2011), Leaf, Sunlight, Asphalt (2009) and Dark Pool (2004). For further information, please visit www.howardbw.wordpress.com.

Posts by Benjamin Howard:

• 19 June 2019 210. The Five Remembrances

• 29 May 2019 209. Joyful effort

• 3 April 2019 208. The Third Perfection

• 27 February 2019 207. Hoping for the right things

• 6 February 2019 206. A common language

• 9 January 2019 205. Magnanimous mind

• 5 December 2018 206. True adulthood

• 1 November 2018 205. Good intentions

• 11 October 2018 204. Tell me about the Buddha

• 20 September 2018 203. The absolute moment

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