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Jundo says: Zazen is a perfect non-doing, even when imperfectly done. However, good balance in body yields good balance in mind. Yonotsune zasho niwa atsuku zamotsu o shiki, ueni futon o mochiu, aruiwa kekkafuza, aruiwa hankafuza. Do not aim to become a buddha. How could it be connected with sitting or lying down? Usually on…

Below is a picture of the ‘Medicine Buddha’, typically found in Tibetan and other esoteric schools of Buddhism, and a chanted request that the sick be healed. In our Zen practice, we do believe in nursing and comforting the sick of this world. It is the Precepts in action. But, we ask in Zen, what…

Day after day Ma-tsu sat in meditation. His Master (Nan-yueh) finally questioned him about it. Ma-tsu explained that he was hoping to attain Buddhahood. The Master picked up a piece of tile and began to rub it with a stone. When Ma-tsu asked him what he was doing, the Master replied that he was polishing…

This was unplanned. So much of life is unplanned. We are traveling today, and My wife and I do not feel well suddenly (a touch of the stomach bug). When the Buddha was not well, he would recline, as in the picture below. So, I will do today’s Zazen lying down, just as the words…
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