Clouds and Water: Field Notes from a Zen Pilgrim | Sam Sokyo Randall | Substack

We're going to need more monks

Pacifism is not passivism. How far will you go for peace?

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Right Now It's Like This

Rainy Days and Rainbows

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Introducing Clouds and Water

Field Notes from a Zen Pilgrim

Aug 11, 2025 • Sam Sokyo Randall

The way out is in.

Aug 11, 2025 • Sam Sokyo Randall

Write me a letter...

What’s keeping you up at night in the pilgrimage of your life?

Aug 11, 2025

drift like clouds, flow like water

Feb 7, 2025 • Sam Sokyo Randall

Clouds and Water: Field Notes from a Zen Pilgrim

Clouds and Water: Field Notes from a Zen Pilgrim

an intimate journal on the art of being and the practice of pilgrimage

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