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Up & Down Tsukuba-San

Thursday October 22, 2009


I climbed from the bottom to the top of Mount Tsukuba, the famous mountain near Treeleaf (in Tsukuba, Japan) ... sat some Zazen ... then climbed back down again ...

A little custom of mine, a climb to no where step by step ... Zazen to no where step by step ... the scenery always changing.

I wanted to sit with everyone up there, but the camera broke. So, we will look back at a sitting recorded when Hans, one of the mountains of our Sangha, came to visit from Germany last year.

Mt. Tsukuba. It is one of Japan's 'Great Mountains' ...
You can read all about "Tsukuba-san" here:

Mt. Tsukuba Wiki

So, please sit with Hans and me next to a really grand 'ol ancient rock



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Comments
Anan E. Maus
October 23, 2009 4:03 PM

I like the metaphor of comparing the spiritual journey to climbing!

gassho

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Jundo Cohen is a Soto Zen Priest and founder and teacher of the Treeleaf Zendo--a Zen sangha (community) located in Tsukuba, Japan. Jundo was ordained in 2002 and subsequently received Dharma Transmission from Master Gudo Wafu Nishijima. He is a member of the Soto Zen Buddhist Association and American Zen Teachers Association . His blog, Treeleaf Zen, was designed specifically for Zen practitioners who cannot easily commute to a Zen Center due to health concerns, living in remote areas, or childcare and family needs.

On Treeleaf Zen, Jundo provides Zazen sittings, guided meditation, retreats, discussion, interaction with a teacher, and all other activities of a Zen Buddhist sangha, all fully online. Members now sit in over 20 countries. The focus is Shikantaza "Just Sitting" Zazen, as instructed by the 13th Century Japanese Master, Eihei Dogen.

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