How to make the 'Boogeyman' of thoughts go away?
Thus/ emp/ti/ness/ is/ not/ form/;
not/ sen/sa/tion/ nor/ per/cep/tion/,
not/ for/ma/tion/ nor/ con/scious/ness/.REMINDER: Our Monthly 4 hour Zazenkai will be tomorrow, 9pm to 1am Japan time (Saturday Night). It may be accessed through this blog shortly before.
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Your whole life the good & bad, the ups & downs ... all just ...
EMPTINESS
... and that's truly SOMETHING!
O/ Sha/ri/pu/tra/, all/ things/ are/
ex/pres/sions/ of/ emp/ti/ness/,
Not/ born/, not/ des/troyed/,
not/ stained/, not/ pure/;
Nei/ther/ wax/ing/ nor/ wan/ing/..THE SIGNAL DROPPED MID-WAY ...
IF SITTING-A-LONG, PLEASE SELF TIME
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Welcome to our Saturday "Live from Treeleaf" Zazen,We start with 3 floor prostrations (or deep Gassho), then chant the Heart Sutra in ENGLISH, then sit about 40 minutes of Zazen, then 10 minutes of Kinhin, closing with the chant of...
We have some guest teachers today in Treeleaf's garden:... the summer cicadas, a passing thundershower & the wind ...None need give a talk on "Emptiness" to preach "Emptiness" ... Press on arrow for 'play'NOTE: IF YOU ARE HAVING TROUBLE TO...
Drop all the opposites. Drop even the opposites of "same" and "opposite".Drop "dropping" and "not dropping" ...... what remains then (beyond "what/no what", beyond "remaining" or "not remaining", beyond "now" or "then")?Emptiness O/ Sha/ri/pu/tra/, all/ things/ are/ex/pres/sions/ of/ emp/ti/ness/,Not/ born/,...
O/ Sha/ri/pu/tra/, all/ things/ are/ex/pres/sions/ of/ emp/ti/ness/,Not/ born/, not/ des/troyed/,not/ stained/, not/ pure/;Nei/ther/ wax/ing/ nor/ wan/ing/..Press on arrow for 'play'NOTE: IF YOU ARE HAVING TROUBLE TO SEE THE SCREEN OR START BUTTON,PLEASE UPDATE FLASH. SEE HERE...
O/ Sha/ri/pu/tra/, form/ is/ no/ o/ther/ than/ emp/ti/ness/, Emp/ti/ness/ no/ o/ther/ than/ form/; Form/ is/ pre/cise/ly/ emp/ti/ness/, emp/ti/ness/ pre/cise/ly/ form/.Sen/sa/tions/, per/cep/tions/, for/ma/tions/ and/ con/scious/ness/ are/ al/so/ like/ this/.Press on arrow for 'play'NOTE: IF YOU ARE HAVING TROUBLE TO SEE THE...
If "suffering", from a Buddhist perspective, is your "self" bumping into all the other "selfs" of the world, and your "self" not being "at ease" with the way the world is ... then Buddhist teachings on "no self" and on...
Last week was Hans' turn, and today Will climbs Mt. Tsukuba for some Zazen ... Click on picture to playSitting Time: About 35 Minutes...
Welcome to our Saturday "Live from Treeleaf" Zazen,We start with 3 floor prostrations (or deep Gassho), then chant the Heart Sutra in ENGLISH, then sit about 40 minutes of Zazen, then 10 minutes of Kinhin, closing with the chant of...
What is "suffering" from a Buddhist perspective?(Next time, we'll look at how perceiving "emptiness" is a cure) A/vo/lo/ki/tes/va/ra/ Bo/dhi/satt/va/, A/wa/kened/ One/ of/ Com/pas/sion/,In/ Praj/na/ Pa/ra/mi/ta/, the/Deep/ Prac/tice/ of/ Per/fect/ Wis/dom/Per/ceived/ the/ emp/ti/ness/ of /all /five /con/di/tions/,And/ was/ free/ of/ suf/fer/ing/O/...
The 5 Conditions (or Skandhas, or Aggregates) create our false sense of a permanent, substantial "self":Form (Rupa) - The aggregate of form corresponds to what we would call material or physical factors. It includes the material objects that surround us...
In 1990, Carl Sagan persuaded NASA to use the Voyager 1 spacecraft to take a photograph of the planet Earth from a distance of 4 billion miles. The result was simply arresting: a portrait of our home as a tiny,...
NOTE: BECAUSE OF A BUG AT USTREAM, THE NETCAST MAY START TO PLAY UP TO ABOUT 5 MINUTES AFTER HITTING THE PLAY BUTTON. SO, HIT THE PLAY BUTTON AND SIT ZAZEN FOR 5 MINUTES WHILE WAITING. IT WILL START, AND...
Today, Will and I joined up with Hans to sit at "Eiheiji Betsuin Chokoji" Temple in Tokyo, an active training temple which is a branch of Eiheiji Head Temple. We sat with the open Monday Zazenkai.Like yesterday, though, we could...
Will and I spent a few hours sitting Zazen with the weekly public Sunday Zazenkai at Sojiji monastery. I could not take a camera into the sitting, but we say "hi" (below) and were sitting with everyone at Treeleaf anyway....
We are having another special Zazenkai tonight for two hours, in honor of Will's visit ... a "Will-zenkai" (we just had our "Hans-zenkai" last week)! We will sit 2 periods of about 40 minute Zazen, with 10 minute Kinhin. We...
Today, we are joined by one of these"William Barry's"' ...... but which"William Barry"???Saturday, look for a special, 2-hour "Will-zenkai" ... to be LIVE in the Sitting Room and on Ustream (look for details here) commencing at 10:00 pm Japan time...
While Hans is visiting Treeleaf from Germany, I took him on a hike of our local mountain ... Mt. Tsukuba. It is one of Japan's 'Great Mountains' ...You can read all about "Tsukuba-san" here: Mt. Tsukuba WikiSo, please sit with...
DUE TO SOME PROBLEM WITH USTREAM, IT TAKES SEVERAL MINUTES FOR THE VIDEO TO START AFTER PRESSING 'PLAY'. PLEASE PRESS 'PLAY', AND WAIT A FEW MINUTES ... DO SOME ZAZEN! IF IT DOES NOT START ... DO SOME ZAZEN!!We are...
Hans is Here!He is our first treeleafer to make the pilgrimage to Japan to sit at "Treeleaf Tsukuba" ...I hope other folks will make it too (Will is coming from China next week)Tomorrow, look for a special, 2-hour "Hans Zazenkai"...
We had a memorial service in my wife's family this week, and we are sitting Zazen today to recall ... in stillness and silence ... our loved one.I am not too much for ceremonies myself, but the following is a...
Please 'sit-a-long' with our July "Zazenkai" (running time: approx. 4 hours). The sitting schedule is as follows:00:00 – 00:50 CEREMONY (HEART SUTRA English Only / SANDOKAI) & ZAZEN00:50 – 01:00 KINHIN01:00 – 01:40 ZAZEN01:40 – 01:50 KINHIN01:50 – 02:30 ZAZEN...
A/vo/lo/ki/tes/va/ra/ Bo/dhi/satt/va/, A/wa/kened/ One/ of/ Com/pas/sion/,In/ Praj/na/ Pa/ra/mi/ta/, the/Deep/ Prac/tice/ of/ Per/fect/ Wis/dom/Per/ceived/ the/ emp/ti/ness/ of /all /five /con/di/tions/,And/ was/ free/ of/ suf/fer/ing/O/ Sha/ri/pu/tra/, form/ is/ no/ o/ther/ than/ emp/ti/ness/, Emp/ti/ness/ no/ o/ther/ than/ form/; Form/ is/ pre/cise/ly/ emp/ti/ness/, emp/ti/ness/...
ŚūnyatāEmptinessVoidness A/vo/lo/ki/tes/va/ra/ Bo/dhi/satt/va/, A/wa/kened/ One/ of/ Com/pas/sion/, In/ Praj/na/ Pa/ra/mi/ta/, the/Deep/ Prac/tice/ of/ Per/fect/ Wis/dom/Per/ceived/ the/ emp/ti/ness/ of /all /five /con/di/tions/,And/ was/ free/ of/ suf/fer/ing/Press on arrow for 'play'NOTE: IF YOU ARE HAVING TROUBLE TO SEE THE SCREEN OR START...
LOOKS LIKE THIS TALK IS NOW WORKING, SO LET'S CONTINUE WITH THE 'HEART SUTRA' ... THANK YOU FOR YOUR HAVING PRACTICED THE PARAMITA OF PATIENCE! What's a Paramita, What's a Prajna Paramita, What's a Deep Prajna Paramita ... and why...
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