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A very ancient Buddhist model of the human mind and psychology includes something called the Store Consciousness (Alaya-vijnana). Thich Nhat Hanh has compiled several verses which give a sense of its workings … here are part: Mind is a field In which every kind of seed is sown. This mind-field can also be called “All…

Please join our weekly “Live from Treeleaf” Zazenkai meditation … We start with 3 floor prostrations (or deep Gassho), then chant the Heart Sutra in ENGLISH (see below), then sit about 40 minutes of Zazen, then 10 minutes of Kinhin, closing with the chants of the “Verse of Atonement” and “Four Vows“.Please join in, one…

(BENDOWA XXI) As the chain reaction brought about by Zazen continues, we see all the world … earth, grass and trees, stones, wind, water, fire, other sentient beings … aid the person who sits Zazen to exhibit realization and know the Buddha’s truth. In turn, the person who sits Zazen, rising from the Zafu and…

(BENDOWA XX) In this section of Bendowa, Master Dogen is using some powerful images to describe a kind of chain reaction brought about by Zazen … The person who sits Zazen “drops body and mind”, thus attaining, experiencing and understanding the natural and pure mind of a Buddha. At that point, the person also, in…
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