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Continuing our series on Zazen any where, any time … Today, heading down the road **BY THE WAY, I RECOMMEND ZAZEN IN THE PASSENGER SEAT,NOT WHILE ACTUALLY DRIVING!!** (LOST THE SIGNAL TOWARD THE END,SO PLEASE TIME YOURSELF) Press on arrow for ‘play’NOTE: IF YOU ARE HAVING TROUBLE TO SEE THE SCREEN OR START BUTTON,PLEASE UPDATE…

Welcome to our Saturday** “Live from Treeleaf” Zazen**(but on Monday!), We start with 3 floor prostrations (or deep Gassho), then chant Heart Sutra in JAPANESE only this week (we will alternate English/Japanese week to week), then sit about 40 minutes of Zazen, then 10 minutes of Kinhin, closing with the chant of the “Verse of…

It is race day (F-1 Grand Prix), and the TV is screaming!! No place to go in this small house, I will just sit. But that’s fine … (THERE MAY BE SOME PROBLEM WITH THE NETCAST,SO PLEASE TIME YOURSELF) Press on arrow for ‘play’NOTE: IF YOU ARE HAVING TROUBLE TO SEE THE SCREEN OR START…

When your mind is noisy like a downtown street … … remember where true stillness is found …. Press on arrow for ‘play’NOTE: IF YOU ARE HAVING TROUBLE TO SEE THE SCREEN OR START BUTTON,PLEASE UPDATE FLASH. SEE HERE

Next of the “Eight Types of Enlightenment“ … DOWNLOAD (PDF) TANTRA! It sure is more colorful than our Zen Practice sometimes Press on arrow for ‘play’NOTE: IF YOU ARE HAVING TROUBLE TO SEE THE SCREEN OR START BUTTON,PLEASE UPDATE FLASH. SEE HERE

More of the “Eight Types of Enlightenment“ … DOWNLOAD (PDF) In the Zen perspective, we might not have ‘eternal life‘ … only ‘no birth no death’ Press on arrow for ‘play’NOTE: IF YOU ARE HAVING TROUBLE TO SEE THE SCREEN OR START BUTTON,PLEASE UPDATE FLASH. SEE HERE

The next of the “Eight Types of Enlightenment“ … DOWNLOAD (PDF) Everything is impermanent, nothing has ‘self’, all is empty … just realize this fact and you can make your great escape … … so do Zen folks exist? (By the way, you can see how my “non-existing” self reacted when a pretty good earthquake…

Continuing our look at the “Eight Types of Enlightenment“: DOWNLOAD (PDF) ‘Enlightenment as Escape’ might be said to emphasize (1) escape from human life by (2) extinguishment of human emotions and desire (3) over a series of incarnations … … How does that compare to Zen practice? Press on arrow for ‘play’NOTE: IF YOU ARE…

Today we begin looking at the “Eight Types of Enlightenment” based on this book section {PDF}: DOWNLOAD As Buddhism moved from culture to culture, and as time passed, Buddhism changed and flowered in a variety of forms. Did it become better or worse in the transition, gain or lose what is vital? Has it stayed…

Please ‘sit-a-long’ with our May “Zazenkai” (running time: approx. 4 hours). The sitting schedule is as follows: 00:00 – 00:50 CEREMONY (HEART SUTRA English Only / SANDOKAI) & ZAZEN00:50 – 01:00 KINHIN01:00 – 01:40 ZAZEN01:40 – 01:50 KINHIN01:50 – 02:30 ZAZEN & DHARMA TALK02:30 – 02:40 KINHIN02:40 – 03:20 ZAZEN03:20 – 03:30 KINHIN03:30 – 04:00…
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