https://zen1.space/viewtopic.php?p=8272#p8272 Satori ala Soto ( a bit long for Facebook, so I link to another site ) A sample: "Many folks use expressions like "until Kensho" "before Satori." In fact, what is realized in Kensho is that there is no "before or after," and only all reality pouring into this moment. While there may be… Continue reading Satori in Soto Zen Buddhism – Jundo Cohen
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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
Zazen and sensations – Jundo Cohen Roshi
Jundo Cohen I came across a passage from Okamura Roshi today which made a similar point, although better: "Sometimes this world [during Zazen sitting] becomes very bright, and sometimes a person may feel he or she understands everything. It may seem at this time that there is no doubt or question remaining about anything; everything… Continue reading Zazen and sensations – Jundo Cohen Roshi
Shikantaza – Thoughts & Discussion
Thoughts and Discussion on Shikantaza Part II by Jundo Cohen Roshi. Gerald Shou An Stewart Jundo Roshi, may I ask if i am understanding this at least partially? Shikantaza is the expression of our true nature, and as such has "no possibility of lack or excess" (Xin Xin Ming)..... So is Shikantaza this "expression", as… Continue reading Shikantaza – Thoughts & Discussion
Shikantaza – Part II – Jundo Cohen Roshi
(PART II) Why Shikantaza is Complete, Boundless and Unlike Any Other Way of Zazen, Period, End of Story -- by Jundo. The following may be very counter-intuitive to some.. . How radical is our "Just Sitting" as "what is," without goal or demand in Shikantaza?. Here's an answer: In most forms of Zazen or meditation,… Continue reading Shikantaza – Part II – Jundo Cohen Roshi
Dogen’s Shikantaza – Jundo Cohen Roshi
Why Shikantaza is Complete, Boundless and Unlike Any Other Way of Zazen, Period, End of Story -- by Jundo I can sometimes come across as a 'Shikantaza-fanatic,' insisting that Master Dogen's way of 'Just Sitting' is totally unlike any other flavor of Zazen or meditation, even those (such as "Silent Illumination" or "Dzogchen") it very… Continue reading Dogen’s Shikantaza – Jundo Cohen Roshi
Shikantaza – Jundo Cohen
Zazen as Enactment Ritual http://www.ancientdragon.org/dharma/articles/zazen_as_enactment_ritual Shikantaza Zazen is -not- awareness and concentration, mindfulness, focusing on or following the breath, a matter of sitting standing or lying down, relaxing, feeling peace or equanimity, being "in the Zone" or "in the moment," nor a meditation where one "begins to feel the effects after 30 minutes" or any… Continue reading Shikantaza – Jundo Cohen
Zazen – Balanced posture and natural breath – Jundo Cohen
Hammering without a Hammer, Sweeping without a Broom, Arriving without a Train ..... In Zazen, a balanced posture and natural breath are encouraged, but one should not use the posture or the breath as tools or vehicles to reach a goal or to seek some state. Many people use the posture, the breath and Zazen… Continue reading Zazen – Balanced posture and natural breath – Jundo Cohen
Dependent Origination – Jundo Cohen
Dependent Origination is subject to many, varied interpretations, and also depends on whether one considers it or not a description of a mechanism for postmortem rebirth. I do not take it that way, and simply take it as a description of the psychological mechanism by which a sense of separate self develops (in a nutshell,… Continue reading Dependent Origination – Jundo Cohen
Dropping the Body – Jundo Cohen Roshi
Dropping Body - By Jundo In our Shikantaza Way, Mind and Body are “not two.” Sometimes we speak of the body, sometimes of the mind, yet always just “bodymind.” Sitting in a balanced, stable and still way helps facilitate balance, stability and stillness of mind. As well, a balanced, stable and still mind allows one… Continue reading Dropping the Body – Jundo Cohen Roshi
Reality is Dharma 