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Today, sitting under our town’s landmark rocketship (Tsukuba is home to Japan’s space program), I’ll take on questions like these: How would a sentient “blob” creature from another world manage the Full Lotus posture? Is planetary defense against invading Venusians a violation of the Precepts? What was Dogen’s real opinion on ‘Worm Hole’ travel? ……

Today we conclude our discussion of Genjo Koan _________________________ Mayu, Zen master Baoche, was fanning himself. A monk approached and said, “Master, the nature of wind is permanent and there is no place it does not reach. Why, then, do you fan yourself?”“Although you understand that the nature of the wind is permanent,” Mayu replied,…

A quiet sitting today .. the image on screen is our ‘tsukubai’ at treeleaf,a kind of traditional basin in the garden Press on arrow for ‘play’NOTE: IF YOU ARE HAVING TROUBLE TO SEE THE SCREEN OR START BUTTON,PLEASE UPDATE FLASH. SEE HERE

Welcome to our Saturday “Live from Treeleaf” Zazen, but, unfortunately, somebody (me!) forgot to turn the microphone on… So, you can either watch silently (below) or, I suggest, sit again with our Saturday sitting from last week: LAST WEEK’s SITTING We start with 3 floor prostrations (or deep Gassho), then chant Heart Sutra in JAPANESE…
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