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(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…

The way to settle the ripples in a vessel of agitated water is not by doing something … not by patting down the ripples with our hand, not by blowing on them or trying to will them down … but by doing nothing at all, allowing the waters to still and balance of their own…

In transit, coming back from a retreat, so no netcast today … Instead, a few jotted words on “Enlightenment”, and its various interpretations … doodlings on a train … Let me use a “movie theater” parable for the point I wish to present here … Imagine our lives are like being born into a movie…
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