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Rev. Koushi Sherrill

@ridokoushi.com

Soto Zen Senior Priest-in-Training in the Niwa-Nishijima Lineage For less noise and more reflection, visit ridokoushi.com

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Rev. Koushi Sherrill @ridokoushi.com · 01/10/2026

Abolish the death penalty.

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Rev. Koushi Sherrill @ridokoushi.com · 30/09/2026

That's karma. We do a thing, and then something either happens or it doesn't seem to. We plant seeds. Some sprout now, some later, some when we're not looking. All we can do is keep doing.

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Rev. Koushi Sherrill @ridokoushi.com · 30/09/2026

You can't connect the dots unless you look backwards. When I do, I can see what led up to here. I can also see the dot where, man, I wish I'd done something a little different. Now I can take that with me and make a different choice next time.

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Rev. Koushi Sherrill @ridokoushi.com · 30/09/2026

No regrets? Can't say that. I have a few—usually about things I haven't done more than things I have. I definitely don't regret any of my very shitty tattoos. I love my shitty tattoos.

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Rev. Koushi Sherrill @ridokoushi.com · 30/09/2026

It's making sure that in the course of everyday life, there's no separation between my cushion, my training, and whatever it is I'm doing. It's all the same thing. You have to take the care with you everywhere you go, to practice the way you're supposed to in the moment.

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Rev. Koushi Sherrill @ridokoushi.com · 30/09/2026

When I'm going to the bathroom, I'm a monk. When I wash my dishes, I'm a priest. When I give people a hard time in their threads—still a monk. It's not about finding time.

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Rev. Koushi Sherrill @ridokoushi.com · 30/09/2026

Someone asked when I find time for monk training on top of a day job. I don't have to find time. There's no separation between anything. When I go to work, I'm still a monk. I'm still a priest. I take that with me everywhere.

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Rev. Koushi Sherrill @ridokoushi.com · 15/09/2026

And to the many who visited the park, the sight of Yokoyama in his seat under the sky was a more effective lesson than a thousand sermons, bringing them joy and perhaps even a glimpse of a spiritual alternative to the humdrum conformity of daily life." —Arthur Braverman, Living And Dying In Zazen

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Rev. Koushi Sherrill @ridokoushi.com · 15/09/2026

"Though Yokoyama spoke of teaching zazen once he had fulfilled his vow to sit in Kaikoen Park for twenty years, he could no more leave the spot when two decades had passed than could the trees that surrounded him.

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Rev. Koushi Sherrill @ridokoushi.com · 13/09/2026

Everything is subject to change. Except my Falcons. The Falcons will always be mid. This brings me a little comfort.

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Rev. Koushi Sherrill @ridokoushi.com · 12/09/2026

"Holding on to things from the past is the same as clinging to an image of yourself in the past. If you’re the least bit interested in changing anything about yourself, I suggest you be brave and start letting things go." —Fumio Sasaki, Goodbye, Things

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Rev. Koushi Sherrill @ridokoushi.com · 11/09/2026

The only way out is to rebalance, to build a culture that steers people toward relation, community, and commitment—the things we most deeply yearn for, yet undermine with our hyper-individualistic way of life." —David Brooks, The Second Mountain

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Rev. Koushi Sherrill @ridokoushi.com · 11/09/2026

"Our society suffers from a crisis of connection, a crisis of solidarity. We live in a culture of hyper-individualism. There is always a tension between self and society, between the individual and the group. Over the past sixty years we have swung too far toward the self.

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Rev. Koushi Sherrill @ridokoushi.com · 10/09/2026

Stop anthropomorphizing the bots! [puts finger to ear] … What? [sigh] Stop anthropomorphizing the data centers!

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Rev. Koushi Sherrill @ridokoushi.com · 23/08/2026

Zen monk here, if you want to I got you. Sincerely, A Georgia sports fan/monk

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