Wouldn't it be great to walk through walls, unhindered ... like the invisible man ...
With/ no/ hin/drance/ of/ mind/ –
No/ hin/drance/ there/fore/ no/ fear/.
Far/ be/yond/ all/ de/lu/sion/, Nir/va/na/ is/ al/rea/dy/ here/.
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Today, I offer a film review of 'Into Great Silence' (2006):
Synopsis: Nestled deep in the French Alps, the Grande Chartreuse is considered one of the world’s most ascetic monasteries. In 1984, German filmmaker Philip Gröning wrote to the Carthusian order for permission to make a documentary about them. They said they would get back to him. Sixteen years later, they were ready. Gröning, sans crew or artificial lighting, lived in the monks’ quarters for six months—filming their daily prayers, tasks, rituals and rare outdoor excursions.
Here is my review ...
(by the way, if someone asks ... my eyes are always 1/3 open during the sitting. The camera angle, and my lovely long eye lashes, may make it appear that my eyes are closed)
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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...
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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...
Continuing our talk from yesterday on what it truly means to be "unobstructed, unimpeded, unhindered" and free of fear ...With/ no/ hin/drance/ of/ mind/ –No/ hin/drance/ there/fore/ no/ fear/.Far/ be/yond/ all/ de/lu/sion/, Nir/va/na/ is/ al/rea/dy/ here/.Press on arrow for 'play'NOTE:...
Muge (無碍) is a Buddhist term that means "unobstructed, unimpeded, unhindered"... and a good litmus test for our Path ...With/ no/ hin/drance/ of/ mind/ –No/ hin/drance/ there/fore/ no/ fear/.Press on arrow for 'play'NOTE: IF YOU ARE HAVING TROUBLE TO SEE...
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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...
Continuing our topic from yesterday ...nothing happens next in Shikantaza,and thus everything happens.nothing is sought in Shikantaza,and thus everything is attained.No/ path/, no/ wis/dom/ and/ no/ gain/.No/ gain/ – thus/ Bod/dhi/satt/vas/ live/ this/ Praj/na/ Pa/ra/mi/ta/With/ no/ hin/drance/ of/ mind/ –No/...
"Gaining" is empty.Achieving "no gaining", non-achieving, is achieving a great gain!We attain "no gaining" by finding that there's nothing to seek,nobody to be seeking.(which is all so very different from "giving up" and complacency, by the way)No/ suf/fer/ing/, nor/ cause/...
Because of the late hour, I pulled my car off on the side of the road and sat there.I was way out in the country, and the signal was weak, so the image is scrambled and barely visible ... and...
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Please 'sit-a-long' with our October "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...
I PROMISED TO TAKE MY SON TO SEE FIREWORKS TODAY,SO A GOOD PLACE FOR SOME INSTA-ZAZEN© ... On blankets watchingBoom after boom in night sky -Firelight showersTHE LENGTH, JUST A SINGLE FLASH.REMINDER: OUR 4 HOUR MONTHLY ZAZENKAI WILL BE TOMORROW,SUNDAY...
REMINDER: Our monthly, 4-hour Zazenkai will be today ... from 9pm (Saturday night) to 1 am JAPAN TIME. That is Saturday morning in most of North America, Saturday afternoon in Europe. 
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