Putting Pen to Palm Leaf: Buddhism and Literature Series

Drawing on her own novels, her Zen practice and Buddhist texts, Ozeki will discuss some of the ways in which autobiographical narrative fiction might function as praxis—a way of observing, interrogating and deconstructing the “self” to perform, or act out, core Zen teachings of no-self, emptiness and depended co-arising.

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KonMari Newsletter: Embracing the Time Being

“It’s precisely because we are all so intimately interconnected that we can create collective change by changing ourselves. Marie talks about how, by tidying your own room, you will set off a chain reaction, and others in your house will begin to tidy, too. This is true for other qualities, like kindness and compassion and environmental awareness. We clean up our own act first. We do our best to inspire—quietly, patiently, and by example—knowing that we will keep trying no matter what.”
— Ruth Ozeki

BUSTLE: Ruth Ozeki On 'A Tale For The Time Being': We All Have A Buddhist Nun Inside Us →

“I like to think we all have our own inner Jikos, the archetypal character who serves as a moral compass. She’s very much a part of our folklore — both our public folklore and our inner folklore. So I think that’s why people like her: they recognize her, because we all have one.”
— Ruth Ozeki

Star Tribune: Interview with Ruth Ozeki →

“It’s a small but spacious room in my mind, very quiet and far away, and often difficult to get to. There are certain keys that fit the many doorways between here and there, but I’m often unsure of which keys to use, and I often lose or misplace them. But once I’m inside the room, I feel like I’ve come home. ”
— Ruth Ozeki

January 8, 2014
Star Tribune
Interview with Ruth Ozeki
Laurie Hertzel