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Just a simple celebration today of the coming of Spring. Don’t feel like talking much today … It’s spring! (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.  

(BENDOWA XI) Master Dogen continues to tell us that “Zazen” ( that’s Zen meditation ) is all we need … enlightenment itself … And that means we don’t need to bother with all that other Buddhist stuff … like burning incense, ringing bells, bowing, chanting, worrying about the Precepts or even reading Buddhist books. All…

(BENDOWA X) Today, Master Dogen begins to lay out his case that Zazen (a moment of Zen meditation) is all you need! AND HE WAS RIGHT! If you can come to see an instant of Zazen as complete, the only place to be … THAT’S JUST WHAT IT IS! _____________________________ In China, although scriptures werecontinuously…

I was going to just share some happy news with everyone today: I passed my Japanese driver’s license test (considered one of the hardest in the world, by the way, and I failed twice! They make it tough to drive here.). I was just going to talk about how even Zen folks can have goals,…
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