January-February 2005
March-April 2005
May-June 2005
"Form and Freedom," by Domyo Sater
"Dharma School," by Kakumyo Lowe
Poems, by by Joanne Sigmund
Summary of Board Minutes
News for Still Point January/February
"Dharma Practice at OSP and CCCF," by by Randi Getsushin Brox and Gwen Kisei Martin
New Year Poems, by various
Summary of Board Minutes
News for Still Point March/April 2005
"An Incident at Raigakuji'" by Richard Fumyo Mishaga
"Daijukai," by Rich Mackin
Summary of Board Minutes
News for Still Point May/June 2005
 

 

January-February 2004
March-April 2004
May-June 2004
"Thanks" by Jiko Tisdale
"Existence-Time" by Kyogen Carlson
"Summary of Board Minutes
News for Still Point January/February
"Meditation and the Importance of Body Practice" by Elizabeth Erin Luthy
"The Ten Great Precepts" by Domyo Sater
•Summary of Board Minutes
News for Still Point March/April 2004
"Practice and Everyday Koans," by Rick Fumyo Mishaga
This Space Intentionally Left Blank" cartoon
"Men's Group" by various members
Summary of Board Minutes
News from Still Point May/June 2004
 
July-August 2004
September-October 2004
November-December 2004
"Summer Practice" by Kyogen Carlson
"I Wait With Bated Breath" by Allison Yuko Kreiger
"Spirit and Form of Sanzen"
July-August News Page
"Transitions," by Kyogen Carlson
"Many Faces of Compassion," by Jiko Tisdale
"Harvest," poem by David Choten Robinson
News from the September/October issue
"Doing Something by Ourselves," by Kyogen Carlson
"Black Camero" poem by Zenkatsu
Summary of Board Minutes
News from the November/December issue

January-February 2003
March-April 2003
May-June 2003
"On Being a Lay Disciple," by Lay Disciples and Members of DRZC
"Cool Bodhisattva Names," by various seminary students
"The Trainee," cartoon by Mark Sosetsu Stauffer
Summary of Board Minutes
Zen Center News for January/February 2003
"Soto Zen Meets the World," by Kyogen Carlson
"Successful Completion of Dogen Zenji's 750th Memorial at Eiheiji," by Rev. Gengo Akiba
"Meeting the Lotus Sutra," by Domyo Sater
"Advice to a Newbie," Sylvan Rainwater
Summary of Board Minutes
 
July-August 2003
September-October 2003
November-December 2003
"The Hsin Hsin Ming" by Bukkai Washburn
"Nachrichte aus Deutschland (News from Germany" by Shintai
"You Mean Summer Is Here Again?" by Sokyo Swallow
•Summary of Board Minutes
 
"Some Soto Zen History: Japan Trip 2002 Wrap-up" by Kyogen Carlson
"Evrything Changes" by Sallie Jiko Tisdale
Summary of Board Retreat Minutes
"Three Chinese Ancestors: Bodhidharma, Baizhang, and Rujing," by Christine Homitsu White
"Oryoki,"by Mark Sosetsu Stauffer
Summary of Board Minutes
Zen Center News for December/November 2003

January-February 2002
March-April 2002
May-June 2002
"Intelligence, or Lack of It Is Not an Issue" by Kyogen Carlson Sensei
"The Voice of the Buddha: A Meeting Between Zen and a Young Man with Down Syndrome", by Domyo Sater
"Bountiful Bodhi Bazaar is a Success Again", photographs
"Rohatsu 2001," photographs
"Stained Glass Windows ," photographs
"Normal" by Mark Sosetsu Stauffer
"Mother Karma" poem by Fred Green
"Here Comes BPF-PDX" by Heidi Enji Hoogstra
"The Trainee," cartoon by Mark Sosetsu Stauffer
"At the Brush Workshop," by Deb Martin
News items for March-April 2002
"Joanna Macy:Everybody Wakes Up." by "Faddah" Steve Wolf
"Why? - Undated," by Pamela PLOW Hiebert
"Pam Is Gone," by Sylvan Rainwater
"The Trainee," cartoon by Mark Sosetsu Stauffer
DRZC Board News
News Items for May-June 2002
 
July-August 2002
September-October 2002
November-December 2002
"A Person of Practice," by Gyokuko Carlson
"Responses to Zazen, Classes, and a Workshop," by Jennifer Harbin
The Trainee Sees the Light," cartoon by Mark Sosetsu Stauffer and Domyo Sater
Property Update
"A Perfection of Wisdom in Nine Innings," poem by Sallie Jiko Tisdale
News Items for July-August 2002
"Cross Training" by Kakuyo Lowe
"Fall," by Mark Sosetsu Stauffer
Excerpt from "The Precious Garland," by Nagarjuna
"Blackberries, Late August," poem by David Robinson
Summary of Board Minutes
September-October 2002 News
"Chewing the Willow Twig: Dogen in the Details," by Christine Homitsu White
"Japan Trip 2002," by Kyogen Carlson
"Stillpoint Sesshin," by Sylvan Rainwater
"Tranquility and Nonattachment," by Karen Sokyo Swallow
Summary of Board Minutes
News of November-December 2002

 
January-February 2001
March-April 2001
May-June 2001
May-June 2001 (continued)
"Do Your Own Training" by Gyokuko Carlson Sensei
"Some Words on Dana Paramita", by the Dharma School Teen Group
"Joju Picture and Poem Project"
"Entering the View-A Journey in Two Voices," poems by Jill Bukkai Washburn and Christine Homitsu White.
"Gamelan Benefit Concert," photographs
"Rohatsu Sesshin," photographs by Pam Hiebert
"Sesshin in Eugene"
"Mondo Alone," by Jody Shintai Dungay
"Voices of the High School Group on the Dana Paramita," by Lily Farris
"In the Footsteps of the Buddha: A Pilgrimage to India and Nepal," by Randi Getsushin Brox
"On the Precepts," by Rich Nin'yu Harlan
"Jody Shintai Dungay Does Well: A Shuso Hossen Ceremony"
"Teachings from the Kitchen"
"The Trainee Eats" cartoon by Sosetsu Stauffer
"This IS Different from Low-Level Torture" by Eric Leatha
"Fulfilled by the Measure of a Single Bowl" by Jiko Tisdale
"Jôjû Projects: Preparations Made for Zoto Zen Ceremonies Surrounding Death" by Bukkai Washburn
"A Sangha Support Network is Created" by Zenkyo Howard
"The Trainee Serves Formal Tea" cartoon by Sosetsu Stauffer
"Prison Outreach: Bringing the Dharma to the Prisons" by Getsushin Brox
"The Sangha Jewel Manifests at Lewis and Clark Colleg"e by David Tweet
"Formation and Development of the Spiritual City Club" by Kyogen Carlson
"Public Outreach: A Stealth Activity Creating Good Will" by Hoyu Clardy
May-June 2001 News
 
 
July-August 2001
September-October 2001
November-December 2001
 
"Gleanings from the Diamond Sutra," by Kyogen Carlson -sensei
"Meeting with the Dalai Lama," by Annie Rose Macer
"The Trainee sits next to Darth Vader," cartoon by Mark Sosetsu Stauffer
"Three Poems," by Hoyu Clardy

 

 
"Curlyhair: A Story from the Therigatha" retold by Sallie Jiko Tisdale
"The Trainee Makes a Vow" cartoon by Mark Sosetsu Stauffer
"Bad and Good", by Mark Sosetsu Stauffer
"Curlyhair: A Story from the Therigatha - Part 2", retold by Sallie Jiko Tisdale
"Reflection", poem by Bob Angyo Brown
"Dishwashing-Five Views," cartoon by Mark Sosetsu Stauffer
"Sangha Day," poem by Gerow Reece
Verses after September 11, 2001
 

January-February 2000
March-April 2000
May-June 2000
"Manzan Dohaku: The Man, His Temple and His Mission"by Richard Fumyo Mishaga
"Japan Trip"by Kyogen Carlson-sensei
"Women's Lineage"by Sallie Jiko Tisdale
"Three Bites"by Ellen Hynson
"Teacher and Student"by Sallie Jiko Tisdale
"Rohatsu"by Eric Doshin Collison
"Women's Lineage"
"Cold Oatmeal"by Kyogen Carlson-sensei
"My Life as a Frog"by Elizabeth Erin Luthy
"View from the Altar" poem by Christine Homitsu White
"She" poem by Mikio Ohgushi
 
July-August 2000
September-October 2000
November-December 2000
"Reflections on a Winter Practice Period at Tassajara"by Randi Getsushin Brox
"Rakusu" poem by Ellen Kosen Hynson
"Just Say the Words"by Sallie Jiko Tisdale
"Our Female Zen Lineage "by Kyogen Carlson sensei
"Garden Muse" poem by David Robinson
"Choices, Mistakes and Balance"by Sensei Kyogen Carlson
"Journey"poem by Alison Brown
"American Zen Teachers Association Meeting"
"Segaki Haiku" poem by Heidi Enji Hoogstra
"The New House"
"Bodhgaya-Notes of a Tourist/Pilgrim"by Joe Niski
"Found Poem"
"Conference on Soto Zen Temple Administration"by Jiko Tisdale
"Unsui Ordination"
 

 

   
 

 

STILL POINT revised January 2006
Dharma Rain Zen Center Newsletter

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