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. Zazen … … for when life is a pain in the butt … Press on arrow for ‘play’NOTE: IF YOU ARE HAVING TROUBLE TO SEE THE SCREEN OR START BUTTON,PLEASE UPDATE FLASH. SEE HERE .

.Buddhist Practice nourishes non-attachment (especially to things and material happiness) … … and encourages Dana, generosity and self-less giving. In Buddha’s Mall, an empty shopping bag is truly full! Press on arrow for ‘play’NOTE: IF YOU ARE HAVING TROUBLE TO SEE THE SCREEN OR START BUTTON,PLEASE UPDATE FLASH. SEE HERE .

.. Some nice advice came up during a chat with Hans. Thought to talk about it for a couple of days . Press on arrow for ‘play’NOTE: IF YOU ARE HAVING TROUBLE TO SEE THE SCREEN OR START BUTTON,PLEASE UPDATE FLASH. SEE HERE .

Dokusan (called ‘Sanzen’ in the Rinzai School) is a face-to-face, heart-to-heart meeting of student and teacher for private instruction and questions … (you can read a little more here) Press on arrow for ‘play’NOTE: IF YOU ARE HAVING TROUBLE TO SEE THE SCREEN OR START BUTTON,PLEASE UPDATE FLASH. SEE HERE .

. The 1st Zen Patriarch in China, Master Bodhidharma, is reputed to have described Zen this way … A special transmission outside the scriptures; Not dependent upon words and letters; Directly pointing to the human mind Seeing into one’s own nature and Buddhahood The series of sittings on the theme of the ‘Four Noble Truths’…

The ‘Precepts‘ are at the heart of our Practice. Not hard and fast laws or ‘Commandments‘ from heaven, each is an arrow pointing out a good path. All basically come down to this … Seek, as you can, not to do harm … and to live in a way healthful and helpful to yourself and…

Today, the ‘secret of secrets’at the heart of Zazenis revealed! (I don’t know why they look closed … just my long and lovely eye lashes … but my eyes are 2/3rds open and looking downward at 45 degrees during Zazen) .Press on arrow for ‘play’NOTE: IF YOU ARE HAVING TROUBLE TO SEE THE SCREEN OR…

The Buddha is quoted in the Kalamas Sutra: Do not put faith in traditions, even though they have been acceptedfor long generations and in many countries. Do not believe a thingbecause many repeat it. Do not accept a thing on the authority of oneor another of the sages of old, nor on the ground of…

Shikantaza ‘Just Sitting’ is profound ‘Non-seeking‘ … … to attain that which cannot be attained. The way to ‘attain that which cannot be attained‘ is to drop, right to the marrow, the search for all attainments. Thus, our teachings are of a different flavor from forms of Buddhism, and ‘Koan’-centered Zazen (as taught by the…

. In our Soto Zen perspective, Zazen is enlightenment itself … … just crossing the legs, stretching the back, gazing at a wall, and all’s done! Like saying that merely running a race –is– the finish line crossed. In this race, there is nothing to gain or attain, nothing to win or lose … ……
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