Category: zen
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How students should prepare for zazen 坐禅心得 ( zazen kokoroe)
How students should prepare for zazen Shared by Kaz In 2012, Rev Ito shared with students how students should be prepared to come to our zendo for zazen. “Rinzai hakone zendo zazen kokoroe”. I added explanations. Here is recording of teisho by Rev Ito from 7/22/2012.
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Emptiness, through the ages
Shared by Dev I wanted to talk briefly on the interpretation of emptiness, which is a central tenet. Buddhism is in its third millennia. What we practice here is transmitted through multiple countries and cultures. Things have been added, and also changed, may be removed. The original Scriptures in Pali (which is derived from Sanskrit)…
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Zazen-kai at Engakuji, Head Rinzai Temple in Kamakura
Shared by Kaz During my recent business trip to Tokyo, I joined zazen-kai at Engakuji, a Rinzai temple in Kamakura located southwest of Tokyo. I have traveled to Tokyo for business several times a year for over a decade. I tried to join Zazen-kai in Tokyo but couldn’t find any Zazen-kai that fit my schedule.…
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Interbeing
Sharing by Peter photo by Sondra “Interbeing” is a new word and a new concept introduced by Thich Nhat Hanh. He employs this new word to explain the interconnectedness of all things in the universe. A sheet of paper, for example, is an interbeing as it is connected with a cloud through a chain of relationships.…
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The Impossible Question J. Krishnamurti
Sharing by Reni. In our everyday lives we tend to ask possible questions. Why? Is it difficult for us to ask impossible questions? What if the constant feeling of “something is missing” is beyond our thinking mind. What if we only find real answers within the unknown. What if we only find it in the…
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Ann’s New Year Sharing
On New Year’s Eve, in many Buddhist temples, there is a ceremony of ringing the temple bell 108 times (Joya-no-kane). The bells are rung 108 times to symbolically represent the cleansing of 108 worldly imperfections or passions (defilements) from the year just ending. Eihei Dogen, a Soto Zen priest, referred to these 108 defilements as…
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