Hakone Zendo

Zazen Meditation Community in Saratoga, California

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  • 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.

  • we are awake

    Kugo san talked about her experience from recent Rohatsu

  • No Self, impermanence, suffering

    The Buckeye,  Candle, seed, nut Observer, Experience and Accept

  • 三奉請　（san bu sho)

    Rev Ito explained “san bu sho”. You can listed to “san bu sho” on previous  post.

  • Goat can only have goat’s brain

    Teisho given by Kugyo san. She talked about her recent experience visiting art exhibit by ai weiwei at alcatraz in San Francisco. “Keep your mind open”. Link to Ai weiwei’s exibit http://www.for-site.org/project/ai-weiwei-alcatraz/

  • Breath during zazen sitting meditation

    Rev Ito talked about how to take your breath during zazen sitting meditation.