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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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I tried clicking continues endlessly" (....
22,26 and 31.
Unfortunately there is a problem with nos.
Unfortunately of Master Dogen's work.
Hi Jundo,
Lovely to see your workings on what is also my fave of Master Dogen's work.
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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But in some ways, MASTER DOGEN IS VERY OLD AND OUT OF DATE!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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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 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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LONG POST
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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A series of three "Sit-a-Long with Jundo" talks on Master Dogen's Shobogenzo-Zenki (The Whole Works) ...
Master Dogen describes our life with the image of a sailor's sailing a boat on the sea. Usually, we see all the parts of our life as separate, or ...
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Reading Dogen's writing on this I found to be slightly confusing but watching the videos.
On Zenki.
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Anyone who is in Florida in November may enjoy this. It's free but seating is first come first serve.
The Buddha Soto Zen Center in Hialeah, together with Florida International University’s Asian Studies Program, invites you to join in the upcoming “Bringing...
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There....
dogen_poster_email.jpg
I did it! Ha! Nice poster, no? ed Quote on how earthly Zen is.
Thanks so much for this post! I'm going to try but I acn't seem to be able to get it on... .
The picture of Dogen is quite good.
Hand on one, yet.
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If the practice of Zen Buddhism is so foreing to Westerners, how can we stink it up just by trying? How can we avoid not sounding phony or put-on, trying too hard, to an Asian practitioner?
Personally, I don't care if I some times stink, my dharma name...
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At one point....
A wise old Zen master, very near death, lay of the monastery.
~The Lankavatara Sutra Here's a Zen story about it .. .
As "masters" or "guru's" and should be the ones to avoid when seeking guidance with a master."
Here's.
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