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.KENNETH WROTE ABOUT SOMETHING NEEDING TO BE CLARIFIED … SO MUCH SO THAT I WANT TO REDUX THIS TALK … PLEASE ‘DROP YOUR BODY & MIND’ AND GIVE A LISTEN … The Universe as Rock-&-Roll The Universe is the ‘rock‘ … we are the ‘roll’ … … Now, if we try to force things, force…

Hi, I am running very late, with much packing to do for our move back to Japan. It will be just a silent sitting today with not so much talking. .Press on arrow for ‘play’ .

Buddhists, like anyone, must have some opinions … our favorite movie, whether god exists, our views on social issues, etc. But there are some differences in how Buddhists hold opinions … First, while holding opinions, we simultaneously know a view of reality beyond opinions … a universe without thought of likes and dislikes, this or…

Was Buddha a Republican or Democrat? Let’s ‘just sit’, dropping thoughts of left right center … .Press on arrow for ‘play’ .

I would like to point everyone to a stunning film and the book behind it (see/read both!) … THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY [LINK] “Anyone who has read Jean-Dominique Bauby’s slim, extraordinary 1997 memoir “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” is likely to wonder how it could possibly be made into a movie. In…

No need to label a “Buddha”. Just live as Buddha and there is Buddha.(anyway, we are already “Buddha” even when we don’t recognize that fact or live that way … ) __________________________ To carry the self forward and illuminate myriad things is delusion. That myriad things come forth and illuminate the self is awakening. Those…

Ol’ Jundo’s tired! I am sitting at a retreat this weekend that continues very early in the morning, so please excuse just a silent sitting today. I barely can keep my eyes open! .Press on arrow for ‘play’ .

Realization keeps on realizing. Light shines wherever pointed. Ignorance feeds ignorance. Darkness spirals into darkness. __________________________ To carry the self forward and illuminate myriad things is delusion. That myriad things come forth and illuminate the self is awakening. Those who have great realization of delusion are buddhas; those who are greatly deluded about realization are…

For Master Dogen, actualizing true ‘enlightenment‘ cannot be separate from delusion, much as ‘breathing’ is not separate from air to breathe. __________________________ To carry the self forward and illuminate myriad things is delusion. That myriad things come forth and illuminate the self is awakening. Those who have great realization of delusion are buddhas; those who…

In this section of Genjo Koan, Master Dogen offers a most subtle ‘how to‘ and ‘how not to’ practice Buddhism. The first sentences outline the gap between seeking to understand and master the world by forcing our separate ‘self’ upon it, resisting and judging it by the thoughts and standards of the self … versus…
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