Everything Is the Teaching

Chapter 33 of the Tao Te Ching turns our attention away from accumulating knowledge about the world and back toward knowing ourselves:

“To understand oneself is to be illumined.” — Tao Te Ching, Chapter 33, Arthur Waley translation
Perhaps this is why the teachings become simpler with time.
Eventually, the boundary between practice and life begins to disappear.

Fusatsu, three Mountains sangha, shared responsibility , zen, Community Fusatsu Apriel JessupSearcyAugust 29, 2026Buddhism, Taoism, Teachings

Summer Time Zen

Summer arrives without argument. It does not announce itself with doctrine, but with cicadas in the trees, birds proudly singing their songs, grass rising after rain, the sunlight and humidity resting on us as if it has nowhere else to be.

In this season, once again, nature is our quiet teacher. So many of us are grasping for spiritual lessons hungrily, when our teacher has been here all along. I call her Mother Earth, or Gaia. She has all the intelligence we need, as her offering to us.

Buddhism , Community , Fusatsu, rev john karn dd, Apriel JessupSearcy, zen, KwanzaaRev. John Karn, D.D.July 1, 2026summeer, zen, rev john karn