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    SIT-A-LONG with JUNDO: Dogen is SO OLD! 

    Published on 01-22-2012 04:21 AM  Number of Views: 48 



    This week, Japanese Lineages of Soto Zen celebrate the 811th BIRTHDAY OF MASTER DOGEN! YEA! YIPPEE!

    But in some ways, MASTER DOGEN IS VERY OLD AND OUT OF DATE!

    Oh, don't misunderstand! So many of Dogen's Teachings are FOR ALL TIMES AND ALL PLACES. In fact, his vision of Time and Timelessness, BEING-TIME, is ALL TIME IN EVERY TIME, THIS TIME AS TOTALLY THIS TIME AND THAT TIME, ITS OWN TIMELY TIME, EACH TIME OR HALF TIME JUST A WHOLE TIME, A WORMHOLE-TIME, A RABBIT HOLE TIME ...THE WHOLE HOLY TIME. Dogen once-upon-a-time wrote this ...


    Do not think that time merely ...
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    SIT-A-LONG with Taigu: Rituals 

    Published on 01-16-2012 04:44 AM  Number of Views: 38 

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    SIT-A-LONG with JUNDO: Knocking Down Monastery Walls 

    Published on 07-02-2011 04:26 AM  Number of Views: 54 


    I often feel that monastic practice is so "yesterday" ... so "13th Century".It's true, and in some very important ways, it may be time to knock down the monasteries, throwing their cloistered inhabitants into the streets! **

    For most of its history, lay practice has taken a back seat to the "real spiritual action" said to happen only among the ordained Sangha, usually ...
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    Sit-a-Long with Jundo: Zazen for Beginners (Part XI) 

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    Published on 06-28-2010 11:53 PM  Number of Views: 111 
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    What’s the most important thing to remember about ‘breathing‘ during Zazen?

    DON’T STOP!

    Last time, I spoke about how there is no “bad” Zazen, even on those days when the mind is very cloudy with thoughts and emotions. But in fact, ...
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