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Tag Archives: sitting (zazen)
Supreme Supramundane State
Good morning! Zazen brings us to a completely different world than the ordinary one. Of course we have a different world from moment to moment. So, we can enjoy spring after winter. We must withstand a chilly winter after … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, Zazen, Zen
Tagged Ananda, and Matsu (Degenerate) Dharmas and Periods, and prajñâ (prognosis), birth/death, body-mind being one (shinshin ichinyo: 心身一如), Buddha, Buddha-mind Seal, Buddhism, but also samu (physical work): two wings to fly, cultivation is itself verification (shushō ittō: 修証一等), deportment is itself the Buddha Dharma (igi-soku buppō: 威儀即仏法), dhamma (dharma, Dogen, good (kusala: lit. skillfulness), Hotei or Maitreya, ichiensō (perfect circle, Mahaparinibbana, ni-vāte padīpa: lamp light in no wind, Nir-vāna is no-wind (of karmas), no self-sameness/self-sovereignty/self-entity, norm/form, purity/poverty path, Ryokan, samadhi (concentration), sangha (community), selflessness/nirvana, Shō (Right), Shuji Hojo, sitting (zazen), Soto, Subhadda, suffering, Ten Ox-herding: rather Ten Bull-taming, three/four dharma seals: impermanence, triple learnings: sila (morality), triple poisons (delusion/desire/divisiveness), truth/phenomena), unity, Zō (Formal)
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Sitting and Samu
Good morning! In sitting we are together with all buddhas and bodhisattvas with the whole world. In samu, work, we are together with birds and butterflies with the flora and fauna. 5/11/12
Express, Enact Equanimity, Equality
Good morning! We have now a very warm morning, even in September. A warm morning expresses a very hot day coming. The intense singing of insects expresses the insects’ winter coming. Nuclear bombs and power express the nuclear … Continue reading