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(BENDOWA XXVI) In the remaining pages of Bendowa, Master Dogen answers a series of 18 questions about the whys and hows of Zazen … First, he starts off by saying that Zazen is the gateway to truth, to what the Buddha realized. Furthermore, Zazen is what all the Buddhas and Ancestors practiced. So, if it…

The way to settle the ripples in a vessel of agitated water is not by doing something … not by patting down the ripples with our hand, not by blowing on them or trying to will them down … but by doing nothing at all, allowing the waters to still and balance of their own…

In transit, coming back from a retreat, so no netcast today … Instead, a few jotted words on “Enlightenment”, and its various interpretations … doodlings on a train … Let me use a “movie theater” parable for the point I wish to present here … Imagine our lives are like being born into a movie…

… although pre-recorded today as I am at a Zen Retreat for the next few days, at a Zen temple deep in the mountains here in Japan (Let me also mention that our MONTHLY 4-HOUR ‘LIVE’ ZAZENKAI WILL BE HELD ON Saturday MAY 9th ) … However, we are still sitting all together today, even…
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