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. Continue to practice the ineffable, live in such way. I beseech you, noble friends in learning through experience, do not grow used to images and doubt the real dragon. Apply yourself to the path which is directly indicated and straightforward. Revere people who are beyond study and free of the intention to achieve. Accord…

. If you would like to know how Dogen’s methods, and ‘Just Sitting’ Zazen,differ from other Buddhist schools and spiritual teachings, the following’s the clearest I can make it: Dogen Zenji’s teachings, and the practice of ‘Just Sitting’ Shikantaza, turn Zazen on its head … and there’s a very good reason for that: Imagine you…

. We have a visitor from China today … Not the Emperor Huangdi … … or a Shaolin Monk … … LIVE from just south of Inner Mongolia … WILL … . Press on arrow for ‘play’ .

. It’s Sunday, and my wife said she’d like to sit with us today. She’s usually a bit camera-shy, but maybe I can get her to sit here more often. (Contrary to Leon’s comment, Mina is not always grumpy and I am not always happy. She’s be really grumpy if I didn’t say that ……

. In an old Chinese story … A man was a collector of paintings and carvings of dragons. He loved to talk about dragons, and to read every book about dragons. He would debate endlessly, with other dragon collectors, what makes and does not make a dragon. One day, a real dragon heard about the…

. A group of disciples went to the Buddha and said, “Sir, there are living here in Savatthi many wandering hermits, monks and scholars who indulge in constant dispute, some saying that the world is infinite and eternal and others that it is finite and not eternal, some saying that the soul dies with the…

. These words close The Diamond Sutra … So I say to you –This is how to contemplate our conditioned existence in this fleeting world: Like a tiny drop of dew, or a bubble floating in a stream;Like a flash of lightning in a summer cloud,Or a flickering lamp, an illusion, a phantom, or a…

. I want to jump back a few lines in ‘Fukanzazengi’, because similar questions have come up from a couple of folks: Is our practice at Treeleaf “Western” Buddhism or “Internet/Global” Buddhism? Is it the same as practice in Japan, China or India, or something different? Is it different from the Zen of centuries past?…

. While Zen Buddhism generally does not take a stand (one way or the other) on questions of diety and the origins of the universe … and while we concern ourselves primarily with the life right before our eyes, here and now … there are several perspectives that echo Judeo-Christian beliefs: For example, while the…

.Today, we’ll sit with one of the true pillars of the Treeleaf’s community … GREG ! . Press on arrow for ‘play’ .
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