Category: Zen Meditation
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In This Body In This Lifetime, an Interview with Esho Sudan
By Tova Green During the last several years, Esho Sudan has been editing the newly published book, In This Body In This Lifetime, Awakening Stories of Japanese Soto Zen Women, translated by Kogen Czarnik. Originally published in 1956 in Japanese under the title Collection of Experiences in Zen Practice, the book gathers writings of…
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Abbot Jiryu on the Publication of Becoming Yourself
Photo by Robert Erdmann Dear Sangha, In 2018, I had the good fortune to begin work with Sojun Mel Weitsman Roshi on a new book of talks by Suzuki Roshi. The book was drawn from jewels of his teachings that Mel had been squirreling aside over the decades to someday publish. In the years…
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The Animal Within Us
I don’t have a large house by any means. But there’s plenty of room for three cats and two humans. In addition to our first floor, we have a basement, an upstairs, and an attic space. If our four-legged children wanted, they could divide the house up into sections and never see each other. Instead,…
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Pictures on My Wall
Many years ago, I attended a Dharma talk on nonattachment. The monk explained the teaching by discussing the importance of having bare walls. He explained that if we decide that we want to hang a picture on the wall, that requires us to buy a frame for the picture. Then we have to get…
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100. A Synopsis of Sorts
Most of my almost 100 blogs have pointed towards and encouraged time honoredtechniques and meditation practices that I have distilled into what is hopefully auser friendly format for 21st century life. During the last two years, often referenced is the Anapanasati Sutra purported tohave been the meditation method used by the Buddha himself. Naikan meditationtechniques…
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The Phoenix Rising: Embracing Renewal and Rebirth
~ ∞ ~ Non-linear Wisdom Teachings of Sambodhi Padmasamadhi – Awaken the Living Awareness Within ~ ∞ ~ Learn more about these books here: Introduction to Non-linear Wisdom Teachings. Now, my fellow travelers through the tantalizing holographic fractal-like fabric of existence, let us delve even deeper into the mysterious depths of perception, where even the…
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From Caterpillar to Butterfly: Metamorphosis of the Soul
~ ∞ ~ Non-linear Wisdom Teachings of Sambodhi Padmasamadhi – Awaken the Living Awareness Within ~ ∞ ~ Learn more about these books here: Introduction to Non-linear Wisdom Teachings. For within the ecstasy of creation, the veiled shadow unfurls, casting its poignant, poetic melancholy. Our lives, adorned with choices and reflections, become a living mural,…
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UNANSWERABLE QUESTIONS
“Don’t be deceived by the body, the mind, the world, or Buddhist teachings.” — Tōrei Enji This morning I plucked one of my old journals at random from the shelf, a volume covering Fall 2012, and found this quotation copied on the title page as an epigraph. It is by the famed painter and calligrapher,…
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THE GROWLING STOMACH SUTRA
17 November 2024, Stone Nest Dojo This morning in the meditation hall The chanting call-and-response of bellies Not the phonetic monosyllables of The Heart Sutra but something even more Primal, more visceral, authentic, true Responding to the energy in the room Calling out to the third treasure: Sangha Embodying the other two: Dharma Buddha (you).…