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  2. #302
    51/365
    Gassho
    Jeff

  3. #303
    11/365

    Gassho

    Mark

  4. #304
    First time I've seen this thread. I'd like to take up the effort. Though I've been sitting every day since June 5, I will start with today. 1/365 Gassho. Richard

  5. #305
    19/365
    Gassho,
    __/\__
    Mike
    To avoid all evil, to cultivate good, and to cleanse one's mind — this is the teaching of the Buddhas.
    -Dhp. 183
    My Practice Blog

  6. #306
    12/365

    Gassho

    Mark

  7. #307
    20/365
    Gassho,
    __/\__
    Mike
    To avoid all evil, to cultivate good, and to cleanse one's mind — this is the teaching of the Buddhas.
    -Dhp. 183
    My Practice Blog

  8. #308
    90.

    Gassho

    Jen

  9. #309
    54/365
    Gassho
    Jeff

  10. #310
    Hi all,

    ok...sounds like you've gotten good at sitting everyday.

    So, drop that attachment and see how long you can go without a sit!

    Now, there's a challenge!

    Gassho,
    Dosho

  11. #311
    13/365

    Gasssho,

    Mark

  12. #312
    Just a word of encouragement, great job, good method. Keep it going,
    _()_
    Myoku

  13. #313
    Quote Originally Posted by Myoku View Post
    Just a word of encouragement, great job, good method. Keep it going,
    _()_
    Myoku
    I agree, Myoku, it CAN be a good method...but as in all things, it can also go very BAD. Yes, try to sit everyday, but if you become too comfortable sitting...get up and do something else. If you find yourself trying to last as long as you can...get up and do something else. It is possible to get attached to anything, even sitting. If you are aware of your tendencies, it's great to keep it going as you say, but if you find yourself trying for a "streak" then go do some samu instead.

    Just my humble unsui 2 cents, which is always to be taken with a grain of salt.

    Gassho,
    Dosho

  14. #314
    It has always been REALLY easy for me to pass on Zazen for more stimulating activities, so this challenge and Ango coming up in a couple of weeks are just what I need.

    14/365

    Gassho,

    Mark

  15. #315
    Quote Originally Posted by Myoku View Post
    Just a word of encouragement, great job, good method. Keep it going,
    _()_
    Myoku
    You're very kind.

    91 since April.

    Gassho

    Jen

  16. #316
    Quote Originally Posted by Myoku View Post
    Just a word of encouragement, great job, good method. Keep it going,
    _()_
    Myoku
    Thank you Myoku.
    Gassho
    Jeff

  17. #317
    Quote Originally Posted by Dosho View Post
    I agree, Myoku, it CAN be a good method...but as in all things, it can also go very BAD. Yes, try to sit everyday, but if you become too comfortable sitting...get up and do something else. If you find yourself trying to last as long as you can...get up and do something else. It is possible to get attached to anything, even sitting. If you are aware of your tendencies, it's great to keep it going as you say, but if you find yourself trying for a "streak" then go do some samu instead.

    Just my humble unsui 2 cents, which is always to be taken with a grain of salt.

    Gassho,
    Dosho
    Thank you for this reminder Dosho,
    _()_
    Myoku

  18. #318
    15/365

    Gassho

    Mark

  19. #319
    21/365
    22/365
    Gassho,
    __/\__
    Mike
    To avoid all evil, to cultivate good, and to cleanse one's mind — this is the teaching of the Buddhas.
    -Dhp. 183
    My Practice Blog

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    23/365

    Gassho,
    __/\__
    Mike
    To avoid all evil, to cultivate good, and to cleanse one's mind — this is the teaching of the Buddhas.
    -Dhp. 183
    My Practice Blog

  21. #321
    16/365 17/365



    mark

  22. #322
    24/365

    Gassho,
    __/\__
    Mike
    To avoid all evil, to cultivate good, and to cleanse one's mind — this is the teaching of the Buddhas.
    -Dhp. 183
    My Practice Blog

  23. #323
    Quote Originally Posted by Dosho View Post
    ...Yes, try to sit everyday, but if you become too comfortable sitting...get up and do something else. If you find yourself trying to last as long as you can...get up and do something else. It is possible to get attached to anything, even sitting. If you are aware of your tendencies, it's great to keep it going as you say, but if you find yourself trying for a "streak" then go do some samu instead...
    Thank you.
    求道芸化 Kyūdō Geika
    I am just a priest-in-training, please do not take anything I say as a teaching.

  24. #324
    58/365
    Gassho
    Jeff

  25. #325
    18/365

    Gassho,

    Mark

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    19/365

    Gassho

    Mark

  28. #328
    26/365

    Gassho,
    __/\__
    Mike
    To avoid all evil, to cultivate good, and to cleanse one's mind — this is the teaching of the Buddhas.
    -Dhp. 183
    My Practice Blog

  29. #329
    20/365

    Gassho

    Mark

  30. #330
    Keep it going, keep it going ... don't give up, strive hard, life and death are the Great Matter ... and the prize at the end of the road is Buddhahood!

    Going it keeping, Going it keeping ... although no place to go, can go or in need of going, as the very road -is- Buddha beyond all life and death, the prize awarded in every step!

    Which is the right way of seeing the race? Answer: YES!

    Gassho, J
    Last edited by Jundo; 08-25-2012 at 08:56 AM.
    ALL OF LIFE IS OUR TEMPLE

  31. #331
    21/365 I hope nobody is getting tired of seeing this thread...Jundo, I dont see this as a race, just something 'challenging'...

    Gassho

    Mark

  32. #332
    Maybe "challenge" is the wrong term for this thread. Challenge connotates competition. I use it as a simple reminder to sit if possible, not letting laziness get in the way. Just a thought.
    61/365

    Gassho
    Jeff

  33. #333
    I agree...I meant a challenge to myself

  34. #334
    Oh no, I understand Mark. By the way,I'm winning!

  35. #335
    Oh wait...what? We will see next year who is a buddha...lol

  36. #336
    Quote Originally Posted by markkemark View Post
    21/365 I hope nobody is getting tired of seeing this thread...Jundo, I dont see this as a race, just something 'challenging'...

    Gassho

    Mark
    Hi Mark,

    Oh, it is most certainly a race, a challenge, a competition. This kind ...

    Shikantaza “Just Sitting” is an unusual way of meditation, and might be compared to running a long distance foot race in a most unusual way. (Follow this link) ...
    http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showt...s-%28Part-V%29

    Hang in there! Though there is no where else to go and you are already Buddha ... you are all getting closer, making progress, better and better toward becoming Buddha with each step.

    Funny how that works.

    Gassho, J
    Last edited by Jundo; 08-26-2012 at 12:58 AM.
    ALL OF LIFE IS OUR TEMPLE

  37. #337
    This is certainly hard to understand...I sit with the goal of enlightenment, but I have already attained the goal each time I sit. I'll understand this eventually i'm sure.

  38. #338
    Quote Originally Posted by markkemark View Post
    This is certainly hard to understand...I sit with the goal of enlightenment, but I have already attained the goal each time I sit. I'll understand this eventually i'm sure.

    Yes, simply (in Just Sitting) thoroughly drop thoughts and emotions of greed, anger and divisions ... thoughts of past and future ... aversions and attractions, likes and dislikes ... personal ratings of perfection and imperfection, pure vs. impure ... self-comparisons and jealousies, of "improving" or "worsening" ... thoughts of how things "should be" or "I want life to be" ... including thoughts of "Buddha" and "attaining" anything and "Enlightenment" ... drop all goals ... finding the way of body-mind where the self's little "me myself mine" self-centered judgments and desires are dropped away ...

    ... thus finding the Way to Buddha here all along that is Free of all That, Where and each step is a Total Arrival, thus attaining the goal of Pure Supreme Perfect Enlightenment ...

    ... then get up from the cushion and figure out just how to actualize and bring to life all that Wisdom and Compassion in this messy, disappointing, tangled world of thoughts and emotions, past and future, likes and dislikes, war and peace, sickness and health ... living free of all that mess as/in/through-and-through the mess ... untangled by life's constant tangles ...

    ... something you actually get better at with time and continued, sincere Practice (as with any skill, from cooking to sailing) ...

    ... all until we are someday Perfect Golden Buddhas like in the sacred Sutra story books.

    It's not rocket science.

    Gassho, J
    Last edited by Jundo; 08-26-2012 at 01:05 AM.
    ALL OF LIFE IS OUR TEMPLE

  39. #339
    zazen kinhin zazen....and all that arises through day and night 11/365

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    27/365
    28/365

    Gassho,
    __/\__
    Mike
    To avoid all evil, to cultivate good, and to cleanse one's mind — this is the teaching of the Buddhas.
    -Dhp. 183
    My Practice Blog

  41. #341
    22/365

    Gassho

    Mark

  42. #342
    29/365

    Gassho,
    __/\__
    Mike
    To avoid all evil, to cultivate good, and to cleanse one's mind — this is the teaching of the Buddhas.
    -Dhp. 183
    My Practice Blog

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    30/365
    31/365

    Gassho,
    __/\__
    Mike
    To avoid all evil, to cultivate good, and to cleanse one's mind — this is the teaching of the Buddhas.
    -Dhp. 183
    My Practice Blog

  44. #344
    23,24,25/365

    Gassho,

    Mark

  45. #345
    65/365
    Gassho
    Jeff

  46. #346
    26/365

    Gassho

    Mark

  47. #347
    May this Ango be a fruitful experience for all!

    32/365
    33/365

    Gassho,
    __/\__
    Mike
    To avoid all evil, to cultivate good, and to cleanse one's mind — this is the teaching of the Buddhas.
    -Dhp. 183
    My Practice Blog

  48. #348
    27/365

    Gassho

    Mark

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    34/365

    Gassho,
    __/\__
    Mike
    To avoid all evil, to cultivate good, and to cleanse one's mind — this is the teaching of the Buddhas.
    -Dhp. 183
    My Practice Blog

  50. #350
    Starting over
    No starting over
    No end to starting over

    1/365

    Gassho
    Jen

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