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“Sweep away thoughts!” means one must do zazen. Once thoughts are quieted,the Original Face appears. Thoughts can be compared to clouds. When clouds vanish, the moon appears.The moon of suchness is the Original Face. — Master Daito Kokushi (1282-1337) Master Dogen said … Abandon all involvements. Give the myriad things a rest. Do not think…

Grab a broom, sweep out the room that is your mind. Abandon all involvements. Give the myriad things a rest. Do not think of good and bad. Do not care about right and wrong. Stop the driving movement of mind, will, consciousness. Cease intellectual consideration through images, thoughts, and reflections. [Nishijima] Put aside all involvements…

Is Zen a ‘religion’? A ‘philosophy’? Something quite else? I don’t think about these questions much in my life. I just live life. Does ‘God’ exist? Not exist? Whose ‘God’? I don’t think about these questions much in my life. I just live life. Is there ‘Life-after-Death’? ‘Reincarnation’? ‘Nothing’? I don’t think about these questions…

I like to mix the Buddhist philosophical talk and Dogen-think with just sitting, just being-experiencing … life. Our practice is not complete without both sides of the coin, I believe. So, when this thunderstorm came along today … nature’s summons to the Zafu. We are leaving Coconut Creek in a couple of weeks, back to…
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