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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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But, what truly matters? Dogen the man or Dogen the legend? Dogen of the....
Many other details.
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But in some ways, MASTER DOGEN IS VERY OLD AND OUT OF DATE!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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~Dogen (Bendowa)
Treeleaf Podcasts To truly understand Dogen, the Shobogenzo....
I really enjoyed; There is no beginning to enlightenment nor end to practice .
Gonna try to switch my watch to Dogen time.
In the sangha, in charge of the bells.
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I watched an interview with brad Warner claiming that dogen believed reincarnation to be alien to Buddhism. I'm confused since so many Pali suttas cite rebirth, and Tibetan practitioners (who I am generally bored with since most of them sit around feeling...
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But arguing that Buddhism doesn't teach it, that the Buddha, or Dogen teacher, Gudo Nishijima, of Dogen's ....
Dogen gives pretty detailed explanations for how rebirth works in the Shobogenzo emphasis on these things.
Rebirth per se.
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According to various narratives of Dogen's life story, Dogen was confused and unsatisfied with the Buddhist doctrines he received from his Tendai and Zen training. He was unable to make sense of the doctrine known sometimes as 'original awakening' or ...
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But I'm questioning....
To not try and make a Buddha?? I'm not a student of Dogen or a Soto Zen student, but it seems to me that what Dogen is saying is a variation on "ordinary mind is the way" or "just be ordinary" which other zen principle in Zen.
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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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But, some are far too hot to ....
Gassho,
Ann (Josho) Ah, my initial reaction to Dogen's death poem.
Gassho,
Andy Hi Taigu,
Even of you and all of the sangha .
Great poem from Dogen.
That's what makes us human
Gassho
Willow Thank you Taigu.
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Sometimes when I read Dogen's work my head wants to explode due to many reason. Mainly it's confusion, or somethings seem crystal clear to me, having deep insight that makes perfect sense. Other times I think I understand what he is talking about then...
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- Dogen (1200-1252) "Give up yourself." -- Ts'ao-shan Hearing you guys struggling....
I've been reading Shobogenzo lately, and have to say that although Dogen language is simple, I have ancestors, even in myriad eons over a thousand lifetimes.
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Hi,
Here is a series of 33 'Sit-a-Long with Jundo' talks based upon Master Dogen's incomparable 'Instructions for the Cook' (Tenzo Kyokun) ...
... which are not just about cooking soup, but about cooking all of life.
TALK !
http://www.treeleaf.org/sit...
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Hi Jundo,
Lovely to see your workings on what is also my fave of Master Dogen's work.
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A few excerpts for some tips and hints I've posted from time to time for those who want to dip into a bit of Shobogenzo ...
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In my own "in a nutshell" description of how to approach Shobogenzo ... I often describe Dogen as a Jazzman, bending...
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Back, I did ask the noted Dogen scholar, Steve Heine:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_b?url" from the point of view of Buddhist scholarship and translation (i.e., most faithful to what Dogen actually wrote to Dogen? I told him ....
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For those folks unfamiliar with his writings, Master Dogen had some very interesting perspective(s) on time. And I emphasize the word " perspective(s) ", because he wrote of an infinite variety of ways of looking and experiencing time (and "no time") ...
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Thank you Jundo and Rod for both....
The theory of everything.
Essay, "Momo, Dogen, and the Commodification of Time." ( http://www.jonathantan.org/handouts/bud is time." (Dogen)
Gassho, Rod skype : rod.abbott "I would go forward to find ....
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