Man, I just woke up from a pretty bad dream. I don’t remember all the details … something about getting fired and losing a job  I had years ago.  (I guess a lot of folks are having … or living … that same nightmare these days!) But it was pretty scary! So, are Buddhists allowed…

Please join our MAY MONTHLY 4-hour ‘Live from Treeleaf’ ZAZENKAI, recorded in “real time” and available at the following link: ZAZENKAI Remember, when we drop all thought of ‘here’ ‘there’ ‘now’ and ‘then’ … we are sitting all together! Please have a chuckle as my 6 year old son, Leon, turns our chanting today into…

(BENDOWA XXVII) I want to continue and clarify a couple of things mentioned in the last talk … I asked: But, in fact, did all the Buddhas and Ancestors practice exactly the form of Zazen we practice? No …  and Yes … The moment we sit Zazen, we are sitting exactly as the Buddhas and…

(BENDOWA XXVI) In the remaining pages of Bendowa, Master Dogen answers a series of 18 questions about the whys and hows of Zazen … First, he starts off by saying that Zazen is the gateway to truth, to what the Buddha realized. Furthermore, Zazen is what all the Buddhas and Ancestors practiced. So, if it…

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