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Hi, To commemorate the visit of our Sangha Member Hans (from Germany) to Treeleaf Japan … … today is a  special 2-hour Hans-Zenkai Zazenkai (Zazen sitting)  … recorded in “real time” and available at the following link: ZAZENKAI We start with 3 floor prostrations (or deep Gassho), then chant the Heart Sutra (in GERMAN today!!),…

(BENDOWA XXXI) Old Dogen sounds pretty critical here about some other Buddhist practices, such as chanting Nembutsu (chants of praise to a Buddha) and reading Sutras. But what is he really saying?  He is certainly not against all study of Buddhist Sutras and other great writings, but is against reading to the exclusion of practice…

Our topic today is ‘Samu’ … Work Practice … … which is just Zazen working … WhileZazen is at the heart of our Way, other aspects of traditional ZenPractice also should be introduced and encouraged. I have been meaningto do so more and more around Treeleaf. One of the most vital is thenon-doing of ‘Samu‘…

(BENDOWA XXX) The topic for today is whether it is okay to take a break from Zen Practice sometimes … … but before I get to that, I want to return briefly to something I was called on by a comment yesterday. When I said that our “Zen Practice is like putting down toys” ……
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