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.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 ……

( Dogen’s Instructions for the Cook – XXV) In this section, Master Dogen continues to counsel that we should take the ingredients that life hands us and treat them with each of equanimity, gratitude and respect … even if poor ingredients, small or not what we would necessarily want. Master Dogen also emphasizes that a…

the 10 simultaneous pictures _______________________ (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.

Please join our weekly “Live from Treeleaf” Zazenkai meditation … We start with 3 floor prostrations (or deep Gassho), then chant the Heart Sutra in ENGLISH (see below), then sit about 40 minutes of Zazen, then 5 minutes or so of Kinhin, closing with the chants of the “Verse of Atonement” and “Four Vows“.Please join…

( Dogen’s Instructions for the Cook – XXIV) We could almost write a modern corporate management advice book with this stuff … Maybe we can say that, even if the head of the whole organization, the president of the company … watch the small details and make sure that the necessary materials and equipment are…

( Dogen’s Instructions for the Cook – XXIII) Maybe we could say this like this … In cooking your life out of life’s cookbook … you had better see clearly what’s what. If you do so, you may be able to obtain a life of whole and harmonious flavor … not limited to the words…

Raining, all day today, cold …. brrrrrrr … (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.  

The Tenth of the Bodhisattva’s Ten Virtues is …. Knowledge (Jñāna) … In Saving All Sentient Beings … Knowledge Goes a Long Way … (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.  
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