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• RETREAT !! RETREAT!! (VII) - Oryoki Part II

  
  Treeleaf Zen — Authority: 423
  NOTE TO EVERYONE SITTING THE RETREAT: Pleaselook at the sitting time schedule ( t o be the same as last year HERE ) and plan out which recorded periods you will sit,and which live versions you will be able to sit and when in your time Zone. Not so complex to figure out once youlook at the schedule. ...
  1 day ago

• RETREAT !! RETREAT!! (VI) - Oryoki Part I

  
  Treeleaf Zen — Authority: 423
  We will be making a simple Oryoki set for our Treeleaf Two-Day Online Retreat scheduled for LIVE NETCAST over this coming weekend of DECEMBER 5 and 6, 2009 (and available in recorded form after that, for participation any time On Demand ). DETAILS CLICK HERE ... All ...
  2 days ago

• RETREAT !! RETREAT!! (V) - Nature Calls

  
  Treeleaf Zen — Authority: 423
  We continue preparations for our Treeleaf Two-Day Online Retreat scheduled for LIVE NETCAST over this coming weekend of DECEMBER 5 and 6, 2009 (and available in recorded form after that, for participation any time On Demand ). DETAILS CLICK HERE ... ...
  3 days ago

• MONDAYS with TAIGU - The Ten Oxherding Pictures (IV)

  
  Treeleaf Zen — Authority: 423
  dancing with shadows ... At the waters edge, under the trees - hoofmarks are numerous. Balmy grasses grow abundantly - can you see them or not? Even if you go deeper and deeper into the mountains, How could his nostrils, well compassing the heavens,     hide him at all? _______________________ ...
  4 days ago

• Join our Weekly SATURDAY LIVE FROM TREELEAF Real-Time Zen Meditation

  
  Treeleaf Zen — Authority: 423
  Our weekly "Live fromTreeleaf" Zazen will commence from 10 p.m. Japan time (New York 8am, Los Angeles 5am,London 1pm and Paris 2pm, Saturday ) ...... and will be visible here ... http://www.ustream.tv/channel/sit-a-long-with-jundo  ... and perhaps (if everything is working) somefolks will be sitting as ...
  6 days ago

• RETREAT !! RETREAT!! (IV) - Bowing

  
  Treeleaf Zen — Authority: 423
  At our Treeleaf Two-Day Online Retreat scheduled for LIVE NETCAST over the weekend of DECEMBER 5 and 6, 2009 (and available in recorded form after that, for participation any time On Demand ). DETAILS CLICK HERE ... ... there will be times of prostrating ( Raihai), done in a ...
  1 week ago

• What is true simplicity?

  
  Echoes of the Name — Authority: 118
  I’m a person who instinctively likes self-imposed routines and rules (or vows if you prefer).  They seem to make life simple and sometimes in my life I’ve found a lot of peace in my life through routines and vows. There are real dangers in this way of living though.  Firstly I can tend to become kind ...
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• RETREAT !! RETREAT!! (III) - Whatsa Buddha Statue?

  
  Treeleaf Zen — Authority: 423
  It is traditional to have a Buddha Statue in the Zen Hall ... or, rather, a statue of Manjusri Bodhisattva astride a Lion, a symbol of Wisdom ... But, really, any Buddha (or Bodhisattva) statue or picture will do. In fact, where in these do you see or not see the True Buddha"? ...
  1 week ago

• WEDNESDAY with TAIGU - The Ten Oxherding Pictures (III)

  
  Treeleaf Zen — Authority: 423
  The first picture    ...  The Seeker On his blog, M i k e   D o s h o   P o r t  quotes Andy Fergusons translation   of a poem by Sensu Tokujo, one of our Chinese ancestors: Letting down the ...
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• RETREAT !! RETREAT!! (II)

  
  Treeleaf Zen — Authority: 423
  Today we will look at how to enter, walk through and be seated in the Zendo ( Sitting Hall ) ... For our Retreat, it is suggested that one find a quiet, isolated space at home, where one can be alone with just a Zafu (and ones computer too! Of course, your computer will be dedicated to our Retreat that ...
  1 week ago

• Honored Teacher: Azuma Roshi

  
  Treeleaf Zen — Authority: 423
  I sat a short Zazenkai this weekend with my first teacher in Japan, Azumu Ikuo Roshi (東 郁雄), a great Dogen scholar and former instructor at Soji-ji ... now age 92 and sharp as a tack. Here he is Saturday, lecturing on Dogen as always ... He led the lay persons group there for many many years ... ...
  1 week ago

• Join our Weekly SATURDAY (almost) LIVE FROM TREELEAF Real-Time Zen Meditation TONIGHT!

  
  Treeleaf Zen — Authority: 423
  A PRE-RECORDED RE-SIT TODAY, as I am attending a retreat in another part of Japan with Azuma Ikuo Rosh i, my old teacher who is visiting from Kyushu ... Please join our weekly "(almost) Live from Treeleaf" Zazenkai meditation ... We start with 3 floor prostrations (or deep Gassho ), then chant the Heart Sutra ...
  1 week ago

• RETREAT !! RETREAT!! (I)

  
  Treeleaf Zen — Authority: 423
  .We will have a few talks over the coming week or two, in preparation for our Treeleaf Two-Day Online Retreat , scheduled for LIVE NETCAST over the weekend of DECEMBER 5 and 6, 2009! (and available in recorded form after that, for participation any time On Demand ). The Retreat is in ...
  2 weeks ago

• Carving Buddhas

  
  Treeleaf Zen — Authority: 423
  ( Dogens Instructions for the Cook - XXVII) We continue our look at equanimity ... equanimity hand-in-hand with sincere endeavor. The two would seem to be at odds. But the two tastes can be one taste ... one beyond one taste. A beautiful way to live all of life ... equanimity with sincere endeavor. ...
  2 weeks ago

• ZAZEN by Vanessa Veselka

  
  O'GRADY — Authority: 107
  OGradys Note: Click to arthurmag.com for free PDF downloads of Vanessa Veselkas excellent novel ZAZEN . I filmed Vanessa reading Chapter 15, "Head of John the Baptist," Monday night. Arthur posted the two videos this morning. Vanessa Veselka is my new favorite writer. Only a musician could have written a book ...
  2 weeks ago

• Karma Chameleon

  
  Treeleaf Zen — Authority: 423
  ( Dogens Instructions for the Cook - XXVI) The section we discussed yesterday mentions " Karma " and rebirth... so this is a good time for me to express a personal view on that. My view is just my view, but is one that is sometimes criticized by Buddhists of a more literal or traditional bent ... who often ...
  2 weeks ago

• Posture

  
  Echoes of the Name — Authority: 118
  [The form of zazen] is not the means of obtaining right state of mind. To take this posture itself is our purpose or practice. It is not some means of obtaining some special state of mind. When you have this posture you have right state of mind. So there is no need to obtain some special state [...]
  2 weeks ago

• Equanimity, Gratitude, Respect ... Sincerity, Generosity

  
  Treeleaf Zen — Authority: 423
  ( Dogens Instructions for the Cook - XXV) In this section, Master Dogen continues to counsel that we should take the ingredients that life hands us and treat them with each of equanimity, gratitude and respect ... even if poor ingredients, small or not what we would necessarily want. Master Dogen also ...
  2 weeks ago

• MONDAYS with TAIGU - The Ten Oxherding Pictures (II)

  
  Treeleaf Zen — Authority: 423
  the 10 simultaneous pictures _______________________ (remember: recording ends soon after the beginning bells; a sitting time of 20 to 35 minutes is recommended) To subscribe to "Treeleaf Zen" click here. Read this post »
  2 weeks ago

• Sitting as Social Activity

  
  And Now For Something Completely Different — Authority: 104
  Thesis 8 from Marx’s “Theses on Feuerbach” All social life is essentially practical . All mysteries which lead theory to mysticism find their rational solution in human practice and in the comprehension of this practice. (Marx’s emphasis) Do that whenever you are sitting on a bike or bus, at a ...
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