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A PRE-RECORDED ‘RE-SIT’ TODAY, as I am attending a retreat in another part of Japan with Azuma Ikuo Roshi, my old teacher who is visiting from Kyushu … Please join our weekly “(almost) Live from Treeleaf” Zazenkai meditation … We start with 3 floor prostrations (or deep Gassho), then chant the Heart Sutra in ENGLISH…

.We will have a few talks over the coming week or two, in preparation for our ‘Treeleaf Two-Day Online Retreat‘, scheduled for LIVE NETCAST over the weekend of DECEMBER 5 and 6, 2009! (and available in recorded form after that, for participation any time ‘On Demand’). The Retreat is in celebration of our all-online JUKAI…

( Dogen’s Instructions for the Cook – XXVII) We continue our look at equanimity … equanimity hand-in-hand with sincere endeavor. The two would seem to be at odds. But the two tastes can be one taste … one beyond one taste. A beautiful way to live all of life … equanimity with sincere endeavor. _____________________________…

( Dogen’s Instructions for the Cook – XXVI) The section we discussed yesterday mentions “Karma” and rebirth… so this is a good time for me to express a personal view on that. My view is just my view, but is one that is sometimes criticized by Buddhists of a more literal or traditional bent ……
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