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In “Just Sitting”, we learn to take life like the weather … … whatever comes, comes. (And that includes whatever comes in our sitting. Instead of the balanced, stable, openly aware sitting I usually consider a “good” sitting, today I was over-tired. I started to doze off despite my best efforts to stay awake. We…

Life is a million things to do. These days, all of us are juggling so much … Is Buddhism a teaching of passivity? Must it mean withdrawal from the world? Not at all! “Just Sitting” Shikantaza is stillness … whether sitting or when moving. We never leave our True Home … though there are places…

We begin ‘Zazen for Beginners (We’re All Beginners)’ … We’ll talk the basics of ‘Just Sitting’ Shikantaza Zazen … … There’s a bit more to it than ‘just sitting’ !! Today, we’ll see how Zen practice is for us dogs, chasing our own tails … .Press on arrow for ‘play’ .

. Just a quiet, father-son sitting today. At least for a few minutes, before Leon went off to play. He lost a tooth this week, his first. .Press on arrow for ‘play’ .
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