.Zazen today in the motel where we are staying … ’cause my family and I are on vacation! I mean Buddhists are allowed to have fun too … and frolic on the beach sometimes. It’s not all about ‘suffering‘ you know (though even a beach can be ‘suffering‘ if one is attached to being there…

NOTE FROM JUNDO – I AM CAMPING IN A STATE PARK WITH MY FAMILY TODAY ON THE ‘BIG ISLAND’ OF HAWAII … I HAVE COME TO LOOK AT LAVA POUR FROM THE EARTH. HOWEVER, THAT MEANS THAT TODAY’s ZAZEN MUST BE RECORDED. AS WELL, OUR FOUR HOUR MONTHLY ZAZENKAI FOR AUGUST HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED TO…

. Some bouncy turbulence on our Pacific flight, and I sit a littlepacific Zazen. Dogen and many teachers of centuries past crossed toChina in wooden boats, on voyages taking days or weeks, meeting stormsand constant dangers. I can only imagine their state, sitting Zazen ina leaky vessel as waves pounded the timbers. Now anyone can…

..Sitting Zazen during a TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN … Total eclipse envelops Asia in darkness (CNN) Darkness fell across parts of China and India on Wednesday morning as atotal solar eclipse passed across the world’s most populous countries,bringing throngs of people outside to watch the phenomenon. Event is longest of 21st century … Actually,…

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