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More of the Bodhisattva Virtue of Miraculous, Mystical Powers (bala) In the Tashintsû (Penetration of Other’s Minds) portion of the Shôbôgenzô, the subject is mental telepathy, one of the supernormal powers (abhijñâ)regularly said in Buddhist literature to be accessible to great meditators. Here, Dôgentakes up the famous story of a Zen master’s test of the…

Welcome to our Special “Live fromTreeleaf” Zazen marking the FIRST DAY (although really without beginning or end) of our Jukai (Undertaking the Precepts) Study and Preparations.  Please note the Rev. Taigu, who was supposed to lead things today, is sick and unable to make the trip. Our thoughts to him, and we will see him…

We now come to the Bodhisattva Virtue of  …. Miraculous, Mystical Powers (bala) Mahayana sutras and lore refer to a variety of supernatural powers developed through meditation and Buddhist practice, said of aid to the Bodhisattva … such as the ability to foretell the future, to see the past lives of beings, to read minds,…

( Dogen’s Instructions for the Cook – VI ) Waste not, want not … Everything always in its place … The reference to “high and low” places is from this Koan concerning GuishanLingyou (771-853) and his disciple Yangshan Huiji (807-883). The dialogue reads:       One day [Yangshan] went along with Guishanto prepare a field…
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