God, Sin, Pain, Song, And Jewish Meditation

Norman Fischer is a poet and Zen Buddhist priest. For many years he has taught at the San Francisco Zen Center, the oldest and largest of the new Buddhist organizations in the West, where he served as Co-abbot from 1995-2000. He is presently a Senior Dharma Teacher there as well as the founder and spiritual director of the Everyday Zen Foundation, an organization didicated to adapting Zen Buddhist teachings to Western culture. Of his talk God, Sin, Pain, Song, and nd Jewish Meditation, Norman Fischer writes, "in our time religion needs to be re-thought. The practice of silent meditation is a good basis for this re-thinking, because silence creates a larger inner space than doctrine or belief can fill. Under the influence of silence, how would we understand God, sin, and prayer in Jewish terms?" ...