Sanghas, sanghas everywhere or 'all the world's a zendo!
Without a computer these days, I'm not as able to 'drop in' here, at Treeleaf.
And, I was also thinking of Paige, whom I would imagine, while not making comments in forums here these days, is practicing horizontal zazen in the hospital zendo.
Similarly to 'everyone has buddha nature, just not everyone has Realized it yet' I think we step in and out of zendos all day and practice with an multitude of sanghas: we exit one zendo only to enter another: the zendo of the coffe shop, the zendo of the farmers' market, the zendo of the elevator, the zendo of the operating room. In each one, we practice with the sangha there--the sangha of the coffee shop, the sangha of the elevator, the sangha of the surgical team.
Sangha members are numberless I vow to practice with all of them:
zendo's are infinite I vow to practice in all of them;
Delusions are like weeds: continuously abundant, I vow to be thorough and vigilant in removing them, their seeds and roots.
Dharmas are boundless I vow to know them all by heart;
The Buddha Way is without beginning, without end, in starting it I vow to complete it.
So I will bow out of this sangha, and enter the city bus zendo of the bus riders' sangha--while I head over to the doctor's office zendo and the sangha of office staff and patients. (You lose your car keys, you get to visit other zendos on wheels!)
gassho
keishin
sanghas sanghas everywhere
Hello Keith:
It is true, bowing can 'weird people out.' Of course, that is far from intention. I have found it helpful to remember that 'it is my mind that is bowing' (much the same way as it is not the wind or the flag, but the mind waving). When so inclined, I will bow/nod my head as a 'gassho for all places, under all circumstances' and if that is too much, I find an 'eyelid gassho' serves very well.
gassho
keishin
Re: sanghas sanghas everywhere
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Originally Posted by Keishin
Hello Keith:
It is true, bowing can 'weird people out.' Of course, that is far from intention. I have found it helpful to remember that 'it is my mind that is bowing' (much the same way as it is not the wind or the flag, but the mind waving). When so inclined, I will bow/nod my head as a 'gassho for all places, under all circumstances' and if that is too much, I find an 'eyelid gassho' serves very well.
gassho
keishin
Not to mention that it gives you some street cred. ;)
sanghas sanghas everywhere
Hello Will:
Very descriptive. Reminds me a bit of posts on 'Change, angry people and other stuff...'
Rambling...isn't that the scenic route? Just don't ramble into brambles!!!
So you found yourself in the white-masked sangha!! In time for the hose and nozzles services! I hope you got a chance to say a few words on behalf of the (insert Chinese word here for cockroaches). By the way--you didn't happen to see any signs posted advising the little guys to check out ---or else, did you?
gassho
keishin