Submitted by a student in the Meditation at Work Class

First, I’d like to thank you for bringing this class to Stanford and making it available to all of us. For those of us whose daily activities, energy and attention seem so dominated by work […]

Submitted by a student in the Meditation at Work Class

My familiarity with sitting meditation stretches back several years, but this year marks the first time I have committed myself to some sort of daily practice and, specifically, to a practice of zazen. My early experiences […]

Submitted by a Zen Student of Kannon Do

We exist in a time where so many choices are available to us, where so many distractions pull us in all different directions. I feel I must experience true human loss, make a few more mistakes, follow a […]

Submitted by a student in the Meditation at Work Class

Meditating every morning, for me, was like returning home. I had taken a meditation class in college, which had a meditation session every morning at 7:30 am. I loved both the practice and the meditation […]

Submitted by a student in the Meditation at Work Class

I’m a Human Resources Director at a large non-profit. Many areas of my job require me to deal with stressful situations where employees are troubled or I am trying to mediate disputes between co […]

Submitted by a student in the Meditation at Work Class

I am beginning to understand the value of a mind which is not filled with preconceived ideas. I had not realized how cluttered my mind was until I tried to empty it. It seems that I […]

Submitted by a Zen student who is an attorney

During a trial, before starting a cross examination of a witness, I talk with the attorney assisting me, in order to get his or her thoughts and any background details that I should know. I make it […]

I started sitting zazen when I was in college many years ago. My initial reasons for starting to sit were fairly typical for beginning meditators. I wanted to reduce the stress in my life, to help […]

Submitted by a Zen Student at Kannon Do

Monday I was in the art library finishing preparations for the class I had to teach on Tuesday night. It wasn’t going very well – the images I wanted to show couldn’t be made into slides, the […]

Submitted by a Zen student in the financial services industry in the U.K.

Part of my personal sense of mission around humanity in the workplace leads me to give lectures and sometimes do TV appearances. Anyway, when I got back from your workshop at Tassajara […]