Zen: Soto, Rinzai and Sanbo Zen, Part 1 of 2
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“… the very impermanency of grass and tree, thicket and forest is the Buddha nature …” ~ Dogen Dogen is credited with founding Soto (one of three important Zen “schools”) in Japan.
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Dogen Zenji, Part 2 of 2
“… circle of practice-enlightenment is renewed moment after moment …” ~ Dogen Zenji In the previous part we covered some of Dogen’s journey of realization (& Zen in Japan) and closed that with one
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Dogen Zenji, Part 1 of 2
“In spring hundreds of flowers, in autumn the clear moon, In summer a cool breeze, and in winter the white snow, if your mind is free of vanity, then every season is
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Teisho: Case 57, Book of Equanimity: Gon’yô’s One Thing
“… when you experience sight and sound with your whole body and mind, you are swallowed whole, so to speak. We are swallowed by the moment.” Description: The focus of this
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Dogen: Every Step is Home
Treading along in this dreamlike, illusory realm, Without looking for the traces I may have left; A cuckoo’s song beckons me to return home, Hearing this, I tilt my head
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Dogen: Portrait
If you take this portrait of me to be real,
Then what am I, really?
But why hang it there,
If not to anticipate people getting to know me?
Looking
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Henry Shukman: Shinku and Shunyata
“Being here is not what we take it to be.” Henry Shukman shares his thoughts on shinku and shunyata, true vast emptiness, as defined and encoutered in Zen and Buddhist
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Two Poems from a Mountain Retreat, Dogen
In the stream, Rushing past To the dusty world, My fleeting form Casts no reflection. The moon Beyond the peak Is not my companion on this hill, For it
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Dogen: Zazen Practice
The moon mirrored By a mind free Of all distractions; Even the waves, breaking, Are reflecting its light. ~ Zen Master Dogen ~~~ Text from the Zen Poetry of Dogen:
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Teisho: Tokusan and Consciousness
We are born into this life, and we can decide that we know certain things about it. We can become convinced that we know enough… and therefore stop noticing that
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