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And now we come to the Big Man, Dogen of Eihei Monastery ... who brought Soto Zen from China to Japan.
Recently in talking about the Dogen bio-movie called "Zen" ( and really, throughout this book of the legends of our Zen Ancestors ... some more legend...
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Rains and resounding sound of compassion that were brewing and formed in Master Dogen then, today,
There is very little known about Dogen from during that period, and surprisingly little from after that period from the period).
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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But in some ways, MASTER DOGEN IS VERY OLD AND OUT OF DATE!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...
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Gassho Dogen, the Shobogenzo, once should....
~Dogen (Bendowa)
Treeleaf Podcasts on iTunes Thank you.
I really enjoyed the first paragraph to enlightenment nor end to practice .
Gonna try to switch my watch to Dogen time.
Of the bells.
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Really gettin' DOGEN'S WILD SOUND is a lot like gettin' THIS WILD SOUND ...
( Please give a listen, and keep it playing while you read the rest of this post )
I've described Dogen as a JHANA JAZZ MAN-POET , riffing and free expressing-reexpressing-bending...
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Gassho,
Dustin 広山 grasped the 'basic rhythms' yet so should I be reading Dogen?
I'm dipping into Shobogenzo Zuimonki - which about Dogen is his skillfulness....
Thanks Jundo I appreciated this sit-a-long as I am diving into Dogen's work.
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Sometimes life sucks. Sometimes life is a real bitch. And there is no escape. Jundo and his beloved wife are doing all they can for their sweet little girl in hospital, many treeleafers are now going tough time: unemployement,cancer, breakdown, I am struggling...
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Gassho,
Andy Hi, don't noodles - you are too concerned with what was and what will be!" Master Oogwei, Kungfu Panda Thank reaction to Dogen's....
Great poem from Dogen.
Inbetween,
that's what makes us human
Gassho
Willow Thank you Taigu.
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Dogen Sangha Finland is based on teachings of Dogen Zenji (1200-1253) and Gudo Nishijima Roshi (s. 1919), founder of Dogen Sangha. Our teacher is Ven. Peter Rocca who lives in Japan and his student Markus Laitinen, founder of Dogen Sangha Finland, is ...
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Basically nothing from the teachings of master Dogen....
No exceptions.
Master Dogen wrote of zazen taught by master Dogen and Nishijima Roshi.
In Japanese kajo means daily life.
Zendo
Kajo is both Japanese and Finnish.
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Friends,
Each to be meditated on!
Quote: : There is nothing lacking in you!
You are no different than a Buddha.
-Zen Master Tao-Hsin
Only by accepting that the ego is a fabricated
illusion do we walk the Buddha's way. - Dogen
Enlightenment is beyond concepts...
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Hello,
I just bought the Eihei Koroku and there are so many cryptic passages. This one, for example, does anybody know what it is supposed to mean?
A capable master must be endowed with the six spiritual powers. The first is the power to go anywhere; ...
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When you want to raise your fist, what you do?
Now be as precise .
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Hey Guys,
And so we reach the end of the Soto Lineage ... at least, up until Master Dogen's successor, Master Ejo (a fellow best know as the scribe and editor for most of Master Dogen's writings). Ejo was a fellow who, in the description by Master Keizan...
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This will commence....
) and in the next bookclubbook we will have members of the sangha posting on 2 chapters each .
We're nearing the end of the current bookclubbooks (although there is no end.. .
I will just repost here Fugen's message about the next book .. .
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Now we come to Master Dogen's teacher, Master Ju-Ching (Rujing) of Tiantong Monastery, a very important figure in our Soto heritage.
And he is so important, that Master Keizan focuses on his time as the toilet attendant! In fact, in any Zen monastery,...
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Hixon does go on and on, but I did appreciate learning how Dogen got the whole "just sit" thing.
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So, my knowledge of zen and Buddhism is cursory and haphazard. Years ago, when I was first researching Buddhism in general, the idea of vipassana meditation really appealed to me as I have a great deal of inner confusion and turmoil. But I know that labeling...
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MMh don't think so, as they are different flavors of meditation, as Jundo says...not really sure if you can order an ice cream cone with two different flavors at Treeleaf's But let´s hear what the masters have to say on this I suspect you are right....
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