Inspiration Faith & Prayer Health & Wellness Entertainment Love & Family
Newsletters Special Offers

Sitting again in the busy streets of downtown Tokyo … the noise and hussle, traffic and distractions … … But are there “distractions” if all resistance to the distractions is dropped from mind? Then everything is just there, as it is … no problem! The cars and crowds are then just passing by, no more…

In Tokyo today … looking at the skyline ..amazingly complicated city … tangled streets … … millions of people, millions of lives … yet, from a Buddhist perspective, all One beyond One. Just a silent sitting today, not even a bell. (remember: recording ends soon after the beginning bells; a sitting time of 20 to…

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…
archives most recent
search this blog
More from Beliefnet and our partners
More from Beliefnet and our partners