Firewood Does Not Become Ash

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi – ZMM – 10/05/25 – The opportunity our lives offer is simply to live—not in the past, nor the future, but now—and this requires a measure of both faith and appreciation for all that is present, right now. Rather than living in memory and recollection, or in our hopes and fears, Dogen’s Genjokoan emphasizes that the dharma state of any phenomenon is just this, right now. – Fall 2025 Ango – Genjokoan Series of Talks – Part 6