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Hi, I am in downtown Tokyo, but my attempt to do the netcast (I found out only after non-doing today’s sitting) cut after 9 seconds. Oh well. As I do not have my power cord, I cannot recharge my batteries. Oh well. Battery charging by projecting my ‘ki’ is not one of my magic powers.…

A Demonstration of the Six Spiritual Powers195. Dharma Hall Discourse Dogen said: Do you want to see the power to know others’ minds?Dogen let one of his legs hang down from his seat. [To be continued] — From Eihei Koroku, translated by Taigen Dan Leighton and Shohaku Okumura Press on arrow for ‘play’ .

A Demonstration of the Six Spiritual Powers195. Dharma Hall Discourse Dogen said: Do you want to see the power of hearing everywhere?Dogen snapped his fingers once. [To be continued] — From Eihei Koroku, translated by Taigen Dan Leighton and Shohaku Okumura Press on arrow for ‘play’

A Demonstration of the Six Spiritual Powers195. Dharma Hall Discourse Dogen said: A capable master must be endowed with the six spiritual powers. The first is the power to go anywhere; second is the power to hear anywhere; third is the power to know others’ minds; fourth is the power to know previous lives; fifth…

.. There are many famous Zen sayings about mountains … such as this by the Tang Dynasty teacher, Ch’ing-yüan Wei-hsin (J. Seigen Ishin): 老僧三十年前未參禪時、見山是山、見水是水、及至後夾親見知識、有箇入處、見山不是山、見水不是水、而今得箇體歇處、依然見山秪是山、見水秪是水 Before I had studied Zen for thirty years, I saw mountains as mountains, and waters as waters. When I arrived at a more intimate knowledge, I came to the point where…

.. ‘Thinking Non-Thinking’ Mind . is . ‘Ordinary, Balanced’ Mind . Sitting in balance in the mountain-still state, “Think the concrete state of not thinking.” “How can the state of not thinking be thought?” “It is different from thinking.” This is the secret of sitting-Zen. [NISHIJIMA] … settle into steady, immovable sitting. Think of not…

. ‘Non-Thinking’ … the Balanced Mind … not to be found by listening to words and descriptions (especially the words of a foolish nut who talks to fruit) … … Actually, the True Taste comes by tasting, one experiences Balanced Mind by experience, in Zazen and in all daily life. You know when knowing, you…

. The cartoon, below, about says it all … I think … Sitting in balance in the mountain-still state, “Think the concrete state of not thinking.” “How can the state of not thinking be thought?” “It is different from thinking.” This is the secret of sitting-Zen. [NISHIJIMA] … settle into steady, immovable sitting. Think of…

Okay, I really was tongue-tied for today’s sitting. So, here’s what I meant to say … If I don’t explain it, you might wonder just why this guy is sitting in front of a screaming TV, holding a banana; Some folks might guess that the loud, blaring “television” represents the busy, -thinking- mind … filled…

. In traditional Ch’an/Zen painting, such as these persimmons by Mu Chi … open space is as crucial as ink lines. Do not presume that empty space is empty … …. that silence is silent. … gotsugotsu to shite zajô shite, kono fushiryôtei o shiryô se yo. Fushiryôtei ikanga shiryô sen. Hishiryô. Kore sunawachi zazen…
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