Living at Tassajara, Zen Mountain Center in the middle of a wilderness area provided me with numerous lessons on giving up what I thought was supposed to happen on any […]
Many years ago, when I was CEO of Brush Dance, my wife asked me to give her the names of some graphic designers and to describe their particular capabilities. I […]
I'm doing what I can is today's episode. We begin with a short guided meditation. Then I give a short talk about pessimism, optimism, grief, and joy, and address ways of cutting through the dualities of our modern life and doing what we can, with spaciousness and possibility.
Today's Zen puzzler is Pai Chang's fox, a traditional Zen koan, about not avoiding cause and effect, or finding our freedom while being fully immersed in the world.
We begin with a short guided meditation, followed by a talk on the practice of saying yes - opening and accepting whatever comes our way. It means noticing and saying yes to the pains and possibilities, our resistance and our joy.
Several years ago I co-led a one-day Search Inside Yourself program for Googleβs doctors and health care providers. My co-teacher was a Google employee whom I had trained as a […]
“I keep thinking that what we need is a new language…a language of the heart….a new kind of poetry that tells us where the honey is….And I think that in […]
In the realm of mindful leadership Iβm often emphasizing the need to stay open, relaxed, and curious as essential attitudes toward envisioning, collaboration and problem solving.Β Even though Connect To […]
Marc sits down with his friend Leo Babauta, founder of Zen Habits and author of several books, including The Power of Less. They discuss meaningful work and the question how Zen practice can be integrated with, and support, our work and our lives.
