Dogo

I'm from Maryhill, Glasgow, and I've practiced Zen Buddhism for three decades. I lived in the U.S.A. for 22 years, and served for six years as the Abbot of The Sitting Frog Zen Centre in Phoenix, Arizona. I moved back to Glasgow in 2017, following the election of Donald Trump, and I once again live in Maryhill. I'm inclined to eschew traditional institutions and dogmas, and I emphasise instead that Zen students must trust themselves. Zen practice is about meeting life on its own terms. When we attach to a problem, we make the problem worse. When we attach to a solution, we make the problem worse. I'm also an author and journalist, under the pen name Barry Graham. My books on Zen practice are Kill Your Self: Life After Ego and Nothing Extra: Notes On the Zen Life.