Excerpts from Keep Me in Your Heart A While: The Haunting Zen of Dainin Katagiri
Dojo Mike Port – Wisdom Publications

Dainin Katagiri Roshi's teaching was at once powerful, gentle, and sometimes almost even casual. For Dosho Port, some of the richest teachings came in these simple, casual moments during everyday interactions. The structure of this book is built around a series of such vivid truth-happening places, evocative of the ancient koans of the Zen tradition, touching on such topics as the nature and purpose of Zen, the dynamic and working of realization, and, of course, the functioning of the teacher-student relationship.

Previous installments of Wisdom of the Week

The Essence of Zen – Sekkei Harada

The Attention Revolution – B. Alan Wallace

Food for the Heart – Ajahn Chah

Never Turn Away – Rigdzin Shikpo

The State of Mind Called Beautiful – Sayadaw U Pandita

Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness: Walking the Buddha's Path – Bhante Henepola Gunaratana

Ordinary Wisdom, Sakya Pandita’s Treasury of Good Advice – Sakya Pandita (John Davenport, translator)

Mud & Water: The Collected Teachings of Zen Master Bassui – translated by Arthur Braverman