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Thisis an Enso from the great Zen teacher Nantembo who lived a century ago,his temple in Nishinomiya is very close to where I live. Itsays: Everything fundamentally is perfect roundness in this world. Assoon as you are born in this world, your mind is fundamentally perfectroundness. (remember: recording ends soon after the beginning bells; a…

This month’s sitting and ceremony is dedicated to a friend whose son is leaving for service in Afghanistan … and to all such families … Please join our NOVEMBER MONTHLY 4-hour ‘Live from Treeleaf’ ZAZENKAI, recorded in “real time” and available at the following links: The recording is divided into 2 parts as follows (click…

( Dogen’s Instructions for the Cook – XXII) Master Dogen continues his story of the Yuwang Monastery cook. (I have added capitalized notes inspired by Uchiyama Roshi’s comments) … I again asked the cook:“You are venerable in years; why don’t you sit in meditation to pursue theway or contemplate the words of the ancients? It…

(there is no video today … ) Well, I just had the pleasure of visiting a Meditation Hall with 1,300 members, from all Buddhist traditions … some of whom are pirates, golden fairies, meditating dogs, flying dragons and …. the imagination is the only limit! It is called “Kannonji”, and is located in that weird…
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