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.[OUR EMAIL IS OUT AGAIN, IF ANYONE IS TRYING TO WRITE] . Koan study was a vital part of Master Dogen’s philosophy. It was and remains so today. Koans are vital for understanding Zen views beyond mere words, and are a subject of intense focus and experience … Just not —during— the sitting of Zazen.…

.Many Zen masters of the past, when they felt death approaching, would take brush and ink in hand, compose a death poem, sit in the Lotus Position and die in such way. Bodhidharma, the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Zen Ancestors are all said to have died this way. The Third Ancestor, Kanchi Sosan, author of…

. A saying by St. Jerome … In the sacred is the ordinary,In the ordinary is the sacred But in dropping all mental weighing of both sacred and ordinary … katte miru, chôbon osshô, zadatsu ryûbô mo kono chikara ni ichinin suru koto o. Iwan ya mata shi kan shin tsui o nenzuru no tenki,…

. Sometimes, there are no hidden meanings … Moshi za yori tataba jojo to shite mi o ugokashi, anshô to shite tatsubeshi,sotsubô narubekarazu If we rise from sitting, we should move the body slowly. Rise with calm confidence. We should not be hurried or violent. [Nishijima] When you arise from sitting, move slowly and quietly,…
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