Universal Promotion of the Principles of Zazen by Dogen
Mushin offers another koan from this great fascicle: #7 “Practice-realization is naturally undefiled. Going forward in practice is a...
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The Gateless Gate
The great truth has no gates, thousands of roads enter it. When one passes through this gateless gate he walks freely between heaven and...
“Whole Mind” from Meditations by Thanissaro Bhikkhu (Geoffrey DeGraff)
In Thai, they have a word for practice–patibat–which also means looking after someone, to attend to someone’s needs. In the practice of...
Appreciate Life!
Today I attended the funeral of someone I have known for a long, long time. A strong man of faith, who gave much to the community. His...
Universal Promotion of the Principles of Zazen by Dogen Zenji
In his summary of this fascicle, Mushin offers another koan for us to be with: #6″Hard to sit. Think of not thinking. How do you think...
From Behind the Fence
Hello, may this letter find you happy and at peace… I want to start this letter off by sharing an insight I had the other day or so… In...
Universal Promotion of the Principles of Zazen by Dogen
Mushin offers another excerpt from this fascicle: Koan #5 “When you take that backward step, then body and mind of themselves will drop...
A Journey with Eihei Dogen on time and death
In some ways the end of time came for me on Wednesday, September 4, 2013, when my mother passed away. My dad had passed away six years...
Universal Promotion of the Principles of Zazen by Dogen Zenji
Mushin offers another koan from this fascicle: Koan#4: “Learn the backward step that turns your light inwardly to illumine yourself.”
Universal Promotion of the Principles of Zazen by Dogen Zenji
Mushin Sensei continues his outline of this fascicle: Koan #3 “One is making the initial, partial excursions about the frontiers. It is...