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(BENDOWA XXXVIII) In other words … Someone asks Dogen … “Hey Dogen, if Zazen is a way for unenlightened folks to get enlightened … is there any reason for enlightened folks to continue Zazen after they get enlightened?” Dogen responds, “You still don’t get it, silly boy? Let me say it again … Zazen is…

Oh baby you know what I’m talking aboutRollercoaster of Loveoh yeah it’s Rollercoaster time . (remember: recording ends soon after the beginning bells; a sitting time of 20 to 35 minutes is recommended) To subscribe to “Treeleaf Zen” click here.  

Please join our weekly “Live from Treeleaf” Zazenkai meditation … Though our chanting will be a bit quiet tonight, as we have children visiting and trying to sleep near where we sit Zazen!  🙂 We start with 3 floor prostrations (or deep Gassho), then chant the Heart Sutra in ENGLISH (see below), then sit about…

. Our series on “Zazen in the Hospital” continues with today’s adventure in my “soon turning 50” routine medical check up … the dreaded: COLONOSCOPY … (A little more dreaded here in Japan, where no anesthesia is used and the patient is wide awake the whole time. Talk about an “Inner Enlightenment”!) A little known…
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