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Author: realityisdharma
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Shikantaza & Zazen – Videos by Jundo Cohen – Roshi of Treeleaf Zendo
Introductory Videos about Shikantaza & Zazen https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/forumdisplay.php?121-A-SERIES-OF-TALKS-FOR-NEW-FOLKS We are all Beginners 1 - Mind as a Noisy Kitchen Blender https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?14895-Sit-a-Long-with-Jundo-Zazen-for-Beginners-%281%29 2 - Oww! It feels so good when we stop hitting ourselves- Putting the hammer down (uniting the two perspectives of thinking and not-thinking) https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?14894-Sit-a-Long-with-Jundo-Zazen-for-Beginners-%282%29 3 - Basic Instructions of zazen - featuring a "full… Continue reading Shikantaza & Zazen – Videos by Jundo Cohen – Roshi of Treeleaf Zendo
Dogen – On Arguing and Correcting
Step Back and Let Go Even when you are clearly correct and others are mistaken, it is harmful to argue and defeat them. It is best to step back, neither trying to correct others nor conceding mistaken views. If you don't react competitively, and let go of the conflict, others will also let go of… Continue reading Dogen – On Arguing and Correcting
The Satisfaction of Neediness
A question I am asking myself................ Can emotional needs ever be truly filled? Can all the acceptance, respect and affirmation which we struggle to obtain from others ever fill the void of need which causes us to go looking outside for it? Is the root problem (at this level) the neediness itself? If you “follow… Continue reading The Satisfaction of Neediness
Charity
Been a long time since i quoted a bible verse....... that's not really my way.... well... this is my personal translation, but one which i think all people could agree with....... It focuses on what one might do as daily practice of charity........... If one wished, a person "could" place "I will" or "I do… Continue reading Charity
Interesting Science Articles
Live Press Conference - July 13 2018 - Multi discipline study of source of Neutrinos: https://www.youtube.com/c/VideosatNSF/live Why this latest news on Neutrinos matters: https://www.space.com/41142-what-are-neutrinos-why-they-matter.html?utm_source=sdc-newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20180713-sdc
Watch what your mind is doing
i have spent some serious time, as i am certain many do, watching this thing called “my mind”. i am thinking that this may be the most important time we spend in our lives, watching what the mind is doing, and learning what is happening, and how to “use our faculties” instead of having “our… Continue reading Watch what your mind is doing
News Articles on the History of Man
The earliest evidence of humans outside Africa https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-44797323 The Evolution of the Senses https://www.bbc.com/teach/class-clips-video/evolution-of-the-senses/zf8d7nb
Reality – as Infinity and its levels
This is a short post which i need to return to, but wanted to make a bookmark. Sitting zazen with this sense of infinity, brought a sense of seeing buddha-nature, as the ubiquitous, expansive infinity which pervades everything and everywhere, and then moving in it, through "levels of density", where the expansive infinity becomes or… Continue reading Reality – as Infinity and its levels
Reality – Finding a Benchmark through Zazen
i feel it is of the utmost importance to realize that our "original nature" is one of inner peace, just watching, or perfect relaxation. (and there are lots of other words we might use there). When some situation tries to pull me away from my "peace" benchmark, 1.) i focus on breathing. then ask myself… Continue reading Reality – Finding a Benchmark through Zazen
Reality is Dharma 