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Our topic today is ‘Samu’ … Work Practice … … which is just Zazen working … Press on arrow for ‘play’NOTE: IF YOU ARE HAVING TROUBLE TO SEE THE SCREEN OR START BUTTON,PLEASE UPDATE FLASH. SEE HERE

Welcome to our Saturday “Live from Treeleaf” Zazen, 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 “4 Vows”. Please join…

It can’t be said enough … we must always come back to no words IF RECORDING WILL NOT START, PRESS THE SMALL,C-SHAPED ARROW UNDER THE SCREEN _________________________ Accordingly, in the practice-enlightenment of the buddha way, to attain one thing is to penetrate one thing; to meet one practice is to sustain one practice. Here is…

The effects and benefits of Zazen are sometimes hidden to the eyes … IF RECORDING WILL NOT START, PRESS THE SMALL,C-SHAPED ARROW UNDER THE SCREEN _________________________ Accordingly, in the practice-enlightenment of the buddha way, to attain one thing is to penetrate one thing; to meet one practice is to sustain one practice. Here is the…

As in gazing at the moon … … it is a knowing not of intellectual knowledge Somebody just sent a “moon” story so appropriate, I have to reprint it here … In a moment of zazen, attainment drops away, and dropping away drops away. Three monks, Hseuh-feng, Ch’in-shan, and Yen-t’ou, met in the temple garden.…

One knows it when one sees it _________________________ Accordingly, in the practice-enlightenment of the buddha way, to attain one thing is to penetrate one thing; to meet one practice is to sustain one practice. Here is the place; here the way unfolds. The boundary of realization is not distinct, for the realization comes forth simultaneously…

Just one thing … _________________________ Accordingly, in the practice-enlightenment of the buddha way, to attain one thing is to penetrate one thing; to meet one practice is to sustain one practice. Here is the place; here the way unfolds. The boundary of realization is not distinct, for the realization comes forth simultaneously with the mastery…

Before moving on, let’s look once more at this section of Genjo Koan … … and a bit of theatre … All the world's a stage,And all the men and women merely players:They have their exits and their entrances;And one man in his time plays many parts _________________________ When fish swim in water, though they…

Yesterday, we had video but no sound … And today, for our Saturday “Live from Treeleaf” Zazen,we have SOUND BUT NO VIDEO!!! As in the Heart Sutra we chant … “no eye no ear … no sight no sound …” If you would like to join in anyway, the Heart Sutra starts at about the…

Well, gave a very impassioned talk today … but apparently forgot to turn the microphone on … I was gonna do it again … but the hour is late, and its kinda cool to see my lips moving fast, and my arms gesticulating wildly … and only silence … One of the best talks ever!…
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