Posted Feb 9 2019 on the Soto Zen Buddhism Facebook pages Here (if ya ask me 🙂 ) is -THE- key point of Shikantaza Zazen that is unique and subtly unlike most any other way of "Objectless" meditation ... thus Shikantaza is not even really "meditation" at all (if ya ask me 🙂 ) ...… Continue reading The point of Shikantaza – Jundo Cohen
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On Zazen – Uchiyama Kosho Roshi
Posted on Nov 9, 2015 by Charlie Ambler http://www.thedailyzen.org/2015/11/09/on-zazen-by-uchiyama-kasho-roshi/?fbclid=IwAR1TAP5cJR3eH0jyFoXbL-JgKcEfxIcMq5AxjmRJisOdBsM71MbBWrX5Lsw ohttp://www.thedailyzen.org/2015/11/09/on-zazen-by-uchiyama-kasho-roshi/?fbclid=IwAR1TAP5cJR3eH0jyFoXbL-JgKcEfxIcMq5AxjmRJisOdBsM71MbBWrX5Lsw On Zazen by Uchiyama Kosho Roshi On Zazen by Uchiyama Kasho Roshi In short, doing zazen is to stop doing anything, to face the wall, and to sit, just being yourself that is only the Self. While doing zazen we should refrain from doing anything,… Continue reading On Zazen – Uchiyama Kosho Roshi
Notes on the Four Fruitions – Jundo Cohen Roshi
Master Dogen and the Soto sense of the Four Fruitions (Stream Entry, Once Returner, Non Returner, Arhat) is not like this. The endless end of Practice-Enlightenment is already realized in the beginningless beginning and the middleless middle, and is brought to life in our Practice-Enlightenment in each instant along the way. The Raft is not… Continue reading Notes on the Four Fruitions – Jundo Cohen Roshi
A flashing into the vast phenomenal world – Jundo Cohen
Dogen-zenji became interested in Buddhism as a boy as he watched the smoke from an incense stick burning by his dead mother's body, and he felt the evanescence of our life. This feeling grew within him and finally resulted in his attainment of enlightenment and the development of his deep philosophy. When he saw the… Continue reading A flashing into the vast phenomenal world – Jundo Cohen
Awareness, Consciousness,Sentient Beings – Thoughts – Jundo Cohen
Jundo Cohen No comment on what some of the Tibetan schools may or may not say. However, as to Huang Po's "One Mind," and even the Yogachara interpretations (of which there are more than one), it is just not clear at all if that means some kind of "Universal Consciousness" like a Godhead or "Cosmic… Continue reading Awareness, Consciousness,Sentient Beings – Thoughts – Jundo Cohen
Zazen – Posture – Jundo Cohen
Jundo Cohen There are many different opinions on this. I am of the opinion that any stable, balanced, comfortable posture suited to your body (one size does not fit all) is appropriate. Basically, you know such a posture when you feel it, and are you own best judge (and it may not be only one… Continue reading Zazen – Posture – Jundo Cohen
Buddhist Basics – Treeleaf Zendo – Jundo Cohen Roshi
Dukkha https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsN1ICw-ZJA The Four Noble Truths https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=112&v=UCU6VycMTpk The Eightfold Path - Overview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4M9daTv8hY The Eightfold Path - 1 - Right View https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-02f3Ztt-I The Eightfold Path - 2 - Right Apirations - Aspiring Right https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGvh_Xyfwtk The Eightfold Path - 3 - Right Speech - Speaking Right https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irzauWgx6_4 The Eightfold Path - 4 - Right Actions -… Continue reading Buddhist Basics – Treeleaf Zendo – Jundo Cohen Roshi
On Dukkha – (Suffering) – Jundo Cohen Roshi
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?7720-Buddha-Basics-(Part-I)-%C2%97-Scooby-Dooby-Dukkha Excerpt: Were going to start a new series of on some fundamental Buddhist teachings — those things every Buddhist needs to know (and not know) — and maybe the most fundamental, insightful and elegant is the Buddha’s teaching of the Four Noble Truths, and Dukkha: So, what are the 'Four Noble Truths' (the Buddha's… Continue reading On Dukkha – (Suffering) – Jundo Cohen Roshi
Shikantaza – clarification – Jundo Cohen
Jundo Cohen Roshi - on clarifying Shikantaza I am not qualified to comment on Theravadan meditation, and I am not the last word on Shikantaza. I simply say in Shikantaza to let thoughts and emotions go without grabbing on or wallowing. Although not grabbing or wallowing, let thoughts or emotions be without resistance, much as… Continue reading Shikantaza – clarification – Jundo Cohen
Awakened Mind – Delusion Mind – Jundo Cohen Roshi
According to Dogen, all are Dharmas of reality, and distortion is distortion as it is, the realty of distortion as it is. It s something like saying that sages are Buddha while ordinary, deluded beings are also Buddha. Of course, only the sages realize so and act like so. Another image is that a pile… Continue reading Awakened Mind – Delusion Mind – Jundo Cohen Roshi
Reality is Dharma 