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. Before we talk about ‘Right Mindfulness’ and ‘Right Concentration’, we shall receive a lesson from a visiting Master … If you would like more information on his lineage, please look here. (we have a county nature reserve behind our small house in Florida, and this fellow appears on our creek every day in the…

.There is a chance tonight that almost all of our “Sit-a-long with Jundo“ sittings and talks of these many months are gone, deleted, never to be seen again … … Rumors abound (just rumors at this point) that the video service has gone belly up, is finished, bankrupt. Where little screens appeared on hundreds of…

. The sixth branch of the ‘Eightfold Path‘ is ‘Right Effort’ … It is the effort to put into Practice the links of the Path within our life … to keep on keepin’ on. We persevere, even those times when we just don’t feel like making the effort. “Right Intention” is the aspiration to do…

. … continuing to talk on ‘Right Livelihood’ … on a Monday morning … The workplace (like the home) is our place of Practice … Might these places be, in many ways, even more fruitful, challenging and stimulating for Zen Practice than any dusty monastery or old temple? However, to reap the benefits, we must…

. Please meet John Simon, an old Zen hound, and the talented web designer behind … TREELEAF.ORG He also was the GENIUS behind our famous Anytime Zazen Timers, available both online (click on ‘Meditate Now‘) and downloadable for Mp3 players (have a look and give them a spin, if you haven’t already). There are lots…

. I’ve had to use the ‘backup system’ due to some technical difficulties– all should be working now The fifth branch of the ‘Eightfold Path‘ is ‘Right Livelihood’ … Right Livelihood means that, as a life choice, one should earn a living in ways not harmful, and helpful and healthful to the world. Nurse, social…

.I’m not speaking about today’s holiday in America (last month in Canada), but a universal celebration of ‘Thanksgiving’ arising everywhere at each moment. It is our gratitude for the life we have somehow received, and for each other and all the universe that makes that life possible. It does not matter whom or what we…

. The fourth branch of the ‘Eightfold Path‘ is ‘Right Action’ … being in accord with the Precepts … Neither commandments nor laws, but arrows pointing toward a peaceful, healthful life & world. We are guided to abstain from harming others and ourselves, to abstain from taking life, from taking what is not given through…

. The third branch of the ‘Eightfold Path‘ is ‘Right Speech’ … the first of three branches devoted to ‘Ethical Conduct’ (SÄ«la) … Our words have power to be weapons or constructive tools, to help or hurt others, express care or disdain, make enemies or friends, start wars or bring peace. The Buddha advised that…

. No talking today, only silent sitting. (I may start back to talking about the Eightfold Path tomorrow however) Press on arrow for ‘play’ .
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