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Here is the ‘Secret of Secrets’, the Key to the Myriad Doors of Zazen: … that little rocking back and forth at the start. (What? You thought it was something else??) Do that rock ‘just so’, and All Buddhas of All Ages ‘rock & roll’ with you. Do that ‘Sway’ in accord with ‘the Way’,…

Today we look at the eyes. They are open during Zazen, either by 1/3rd or 2/3rds. Yet, we stare without focus at the wall or ground. Our eyes are not closed, and are open to all things. However, we do not label or distinguish ‘this’ from ‘that’ … In such way, all the world is…

Here is more information on the ‘Cosmic Mudra’ of Zazen then you probably wanted. There are the traditional interpretations … In Japanese, known as the ‘Hokaijyo-in (‘Dharmachakra’ or ‘Dharma Realm’ Mudra when found in Esoteric Buddhism, and there usually associated with images of the Buddha ‘Dainichi Nyorai’) or the ‘Zenjou-in’ (‘Dhyana Meditation’ or ‘Contemplation’ Mudra…

If you think, “I breathe,” the “I” is extra. There is no you to say “I.” What we call “I” is just a swinging door which moves when we inhale and when we exhale. It just moves; that is all. When your mind is pure and calm enough to follow this movement, there is nothing:…
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