Jesse Cardin
Roshi and Director of It’s Alive Zen in San Antonio TX
Vows As Koans – Part 3: I Vow to Do Good for Others 
Vows As Koans – Part 2: I Vow to Do Good 
Vows As Koans – Part 1: I Vow to Do No Harm 
The Way Things Are Is Mysterious & Hard to See – Refuge Vows As Koans 
Spring Sesshin 2021: The Lostness & Wandering on the Pilgrim’s Path 
The Case for Ordinary Mind – What Makes It So Hard to See? 
Audio Excerpt: Sugar – Jesse Cardin Sings His Original Song 
When All Buddhas Destroyed – What Remains? 
Song Man – Finding a Song 
Deshan Redreamed 
Save A Ghost 
Roshification – What Is This? Featured Koan: Zhaozhou's Great Way Is Not Difficult - Blue Cliff Record Case 2
A student asked Xiangyang, "What is the Way?"
Xiangyan said, "Dragon murmurings in a withered tree."
"What is a person of the Way?"
"Eyes in a skull."
Later, the student asked Xishuang, "What are 'dragon murmurings in a withered tree'?"
Xishuang replied, "I still have joy."
Later still, the student asked Caoshan, "Who can hear these dragon murmurings?"
Caoshan replied, "There is no one in the world who isn't hearing it."
"What book is 'dragon murmurings in a withered tree' from?"
"I don't know what book it's from, but everyone who hears it dies."
—from Xuedou's verse commentary on Blue Cliff Record Case 2