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Our sense of an abiding, unchanging, permanent, separate ‘self’ … … is kind of an optical illusion. By the way, the signal dropped today … so, if sitting-a-long please (nonabiding-changing-impermanent-not separate) self-time! _________________________ When you ride in a boat and watch the shore, you might assume that the shore is moving. But when you keep…

In Zen Practice (especially as taught by Master Dogen and at Treeleaf) … … if you can’t experience it for yourself … ,,, and if it oversteps logic (although perhaps a form of logic that takes some getting used to) … … REJECT IT! _________________________ When you ride in a boat and watch the shore,…

Posting a little early today due to our flight … Press on arrow for ‘play’NOTE: IF YOU ARE HAVING TROUBLE TO SEE THE SCREEN OR START BUTTON,PLEASE UPDATE FLASH. SEE HERE

Today, for our last day in the U.S., I have the pleasure to sit with my cousin Jonnie. He’s a complete Zen neophyte, never done this before. It gives me a chance to explain ‘everything you want to know about Zazen’ in under 5 minutes! Press on arrow for ‘play’NOTE: IF YOU ARE HAVING TROUBLE…

Another special guest today … Roger Shikan Hawkins began practicing Zen Buddhism at the San Francisco Zen Center in 1971, at the age of 22. He spent 10 years as a practicing residential student, spending 3 years at the Tassajara monastery, and Green Gulch Farm, as well as the City Center in San Francisco. He…

It’s funny what we get attached to … ’91 Mitsu. Mirage, but not as rusty as mine … Note: Signal was lost midway, one of the pitfalls of the outside … If sitting-a-long, please self time … Press on arrow for ‘play’NOTE: IF YOU ARE HAVING TROUBLE TO SEE THE SCREEN OR START BUTTON,PLEASE UPDATE…

Our Zen Practice is like sweeping out an empty room … Press on arrow for ‘play’NOTE: IF YOU ARE HAVING TROUBLE TO SEE THE SCREEN OR START BUTTON,PLEASE UPDATE FLASH. SEE HERE

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Technical difficulties in Forum posting persist at our host provider …Please practice with those in the manner of Mushotoku and Muga,as Master Deshimaru describes in the talk which Will posted …All “technical difficulties” are just life, are just Practice. We have a special guest today, our resident biochemist … (Do we have more than one…

Is your ‘True Self’ very far away? How many mountains must you climb to find it? _________________________ To study the buddha way is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be actualized by myriad things. When actualized by myriad things, your body and…
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