Life slips past and time is gone.
Do not waste time. The Great Matter of Zen is the fact of being alive now. Great Matter Publications is the publisher of books, transcripts, and audio tapes that present the essential Teachings of the Soto Zen Buddhadharma. Mountains and Rivers Zen Teachings on the San Sui Kyo of Dogen zenji By Ven. In four classes with his students at the River Road Zendo in 1986, the Sensei uses the text as a starting point to consider such diverse themes as mindfulness practice, Transmission, impermanence, the relativity of all viewpoints, the Bodhisattva Vow, and the moment to moment practice of opening to our own realization.