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“Gaining” is empty. Achieving “no gaining”, non-achieving, is achieving a great gain! We attain “no gaining” by finding that there’s nothing to seek,nobody to be seeking. (which is all so very different from “giving up” and complacency, by the way) No/ suf/fer/ing/, nor/ cause/ or/ end/ to/ suf/fer/ing/; No/ path/, no/ wis/dom/ and/ no/ gain/.…

Because of the late hour, I pulled my car off on the side of the road and sat there. I was way out in the country, and the signal was weak, so the image is scrambled and barely visible … and there is no sound … and it cuts in and out … … but,…

AS WE SEW A RAKUSU IN PREPARATION FOR JUKAI, I THOUGHT IT NICE TO LOOK BACK ON THIS LITTLE VISIT WITH NISHIJIMA ROSHI (who is doing fine, by the way) … Today, our most special guest ‘sits-a-long’ … The subject was the ‘Kesa’ (skt. kâshâya), the monk’s outer robe. The ‘Rakusu’ is the shortened version…

Please ‘sit-a-long’ with our October “Zazenkai” (running time: approx. 4 hours) … The sitting schedule is as follows: 00:00 – 00:50 CEREMONY (HEART SUTRA English Only / SANDOKAI) & ZAZEN00:50 – 01:00 KINHIN01:00 – 01:40 ZAZEN01:40 – 01:50 KINHIN01:50 – 02:30 DHARMA TALK & ZAZEN02:30 – 02:40 KINHIN02:40 – 03:20 ZAZEN03:20 – 03:30 KINHIN03:30 –…
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