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. Don’t be mean. Be fiery. .Press on arrow for ‘play’NOTE: IF YOU ARE HAVING TROUBLE TO SEE THE SCREEN OR START BUTTON,PLEASE UPDATE FLASH. SEE HERE .

. Yesterday, I got angry. .Press on arrow for ‘play’NOTE: IF YOU ARE HAVING TROUBLE TO SEE THE SCREEN OR START BUTTON,PLEASE UPDATE FLASH. SEE HERE .

. Although we usually practice Zazen sitting cross-legged, ‘facing a wall‘ … … we can practice ‘Zazen’ anywhere, even standing in the postal line … . Press on arrow for ‘play’ .

. In Soto style, we ‘face the wall‘ … we sit with our backbone at the center of the Zafu, perhaps slightly forward … back straight, as if a tiny thread were running to the ceiling through the crown of the head … give that thread a small tug, ever so slightly, to stretch the…

. We are running a little late today … John Simon sits with us. He is the designer, and technical genius, behind the whole Treeleaf Website … He created our ‘famous’ online and Mp3 ready ‘Zazen Timers’. .Press on arrow for ‘play’ .

I am about to break a cardinal rule of ‘Soto Zen’ (not the first time): However, I hereby officially state that I do not think that the ‘Lotus’ Postures (although ideal if you can) are necessarily the best postures for most beginners … I suggest the Burmese … … and, as a distant fourth, the…

. Our mind in Zazen may be compared to the sky … We are open, clear, spacious, boundless, like the clear blue sky … Our attention is focused on everything and nothing, just as the sky covers all the world without discrimination … Thoughts, like clouds, may come and go. Clouds drift in and out,…

The mind is a noisy toy. . (If you would like to sit with another talk on a similar theme, please click here).Press on arrow for ‘play’ .

Learning to taste the universe … . .Press on arrow for ‘play’ .

In “Just Sitting”, we learn to take life like the weather … … whatever comes, comes. (And that includes whatever comes in our sitting. Instead of the balanced, stable, openly aware sitting I usually consider a “good” sitting, today I was over-tired. I started to doze off despite my best efforts to stay awake. We…
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