Hakone Zendo

Zazen Meditation Community in Saratoga, California

Category: zazen talk

  • 生老病死　（shou rou byo shi)  

    Rev Ito talked about his surgery and shou rou byo shi. This originates from the Buddhist notion of the Four Sufferings: Birth Aging Sickness Death These are four sufferings people can’t avoid.

  • 作務　（samu)

    It was cleaning day at our zendo.  Kugyo san talked about what samu is about.

  • 結跏趺坐(kekka fuza)

    Do you know lotus position for zazen? Lotus Position in Japanese is 結跏趺坐 (kekka fuza). Rev Ito talked about getting ready for zazen.    Also 吉祥坐(kisso za) is the best way to sit for zazen. http://zen.rinnou.net/zazen/sitting.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_position

  • finding yourself

    Rev Ito’s teisho about finding yourself

  • Hard to realize it’s the stink of your own shit

     

  • Why are you here? 

    What call you to this place? 仕方がない。（shikata ga  nai) I can’t be helped.  “It is what it is.“

  • Closing/Opening….Beginning/Ending   2014/2015

    Kugyo san cited poem by Sally Voris. We also hosted annual year end tea serving right after zazen meditation.

  • Posture for Zazen

    Teisho by Kugyo san about posture for zazen meditation. She cited phrase from the book, “ Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind” by Shunryu Suzuki.