https://dogeninstitute.wordpress.com/2018/10/07/when-we-bow-to-the-buddha-what-are-we-bowing-to/ I am little confused about when we bow to the Buddha. When we bow to the Buddha, what are we bowing to? “Buddha” has many meanings. Here is one way to think about it. There are three bodies of Buddha. The first is called Dharmakaya. Buddha as Dharmakaya means dharma itself is Buddha. The… Continue reading Why do Buddhists bow to Buddha? – Okumura Roshi
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The Moving and the Not Moving – Okumura
https://buddhismnow.com/2018/10/05/dogen-is-again-questioning-what-is-moving-and-not-moving-by-shohaku-okumura/ Excerpt: Nangaku said, ‘Suppose that a person is riding a cart. If the cart does not move, which is right — to hit the cart or to hit the cow?’ In our common way of thinking, when a cart is pulled by a cow and it doesn’t move, hitting the cow is the thing to do,… Continue reading The Moving and the Not Moving – Okumura
Comments on Okumura Roshi’s Mountains and Waters – Jundo Cohen
MAKING MOUNTAINS WALK: Okumura Roshi's 'Mountains and Waters' Commentary Allow me to speak from the heart, and please think what you will: This is the finest book on Zen practice and teachings I have encountered in some 40 years of reading Zen books. Blow out the candle. This book makes mountains walk. To my eye,… Continue reading Comments on Okumura Roshi’s Mountains and Waters – Jundo Cohen
Reality is Dharma 