There are many ways to express the Precepts in English. I so much agree that Zazen and the Precepts are one and whole, with Zazen sustaining the Precepts, the Precepts nurturing Zazen. I do not feel that they are "Commandments," but they are pointers toward a good, gentle, peaceful, tolerant, non-harming and healthful life toward… Continue reading The Precepts – Jundo Cohen
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Shikantaza – some awesome words by Roshi Jundo Cohen
Bodymind Drops Away – Jundo Cohen
Excerpt: The selfish "little self" wants and wishes, weighs and measures, feeling need and lack, seeing good and bad, demarcating friend or foe, with judgments about the past and hopes or fears for the future. It lives in a world of me and you, this, that and the other thing. In the equanimity and non-seeking… Continue reading Bodymind Drops Away – Jundo Cohen
Just Breathing – Shunryu Suzuki
Just Breathing - Shunryu Suzuki ".... just awareness of the universe...." Birth this experience, then let it grow and become a moment by moment experiencing of the fullness of life. It is not a hype or pump up..... it is returning to our nature core. From the beginning, there was nothing missing ..... we become… Continue reading Just Breathing – Shunryu Suzuki
Shikantaza – Just Sitting
Shikantaza is Understanding Emptiness
Shikantaza is Understanding EmptinessBY Our beloved SHUNRYU SUZUKI Roshi.Suzuki Roshi explains that the purpose of Shikantaza — a practice commonly known as “just sitting” — is to actualize emptiness and move beyond our interpretations of reality. When we remember there is another world beyond our limited experience, we can empty ourselves of preconceived ideas and… Continue reading Shikantaza is Understanding Emptiness
Shikantaza and Mindfulness – Differences and Similarities – Jundo Cohen Roshi
Thread from Soto Buddhism Facebook page - Aug 28 2019 - Jundo Cohen RoshiSomeone asked about the differences (and samenesses) of Shikantaza and "mindfulness" If I may offer some views, that depends, I feel, on how one defines "mindfulness," and the particular way a certain book or teacher presents "mindfulness meditation." If one means "mindfulness"… Continue reading Shikantaza and Mindfulness – Differences and Similarities – Jundo Cohen Roshi
Gratitude – Jundo Cohen
posted July 6 2019 on Facebook: Jundo Cohen I once wrote something about Buddhist "Gratitude" (Big G) not being like our usual idea of listing up things to be grateful for: (https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php...)"============="]T]here is a greater, transcendent, boundless Gratitude in the Buddha's Teachings that does not even need the subtle "see the bright side" "find the… Continue reading Gratitude – Jundo Cohen
A day already gone = Poem – Eihei Dogen
Yama fukami.....................Rising, as the mountain Mine ni mo tani ni mo.......Peaks and valleys deepen— Koe tatete ........................The twilight sound of the cicada Kyō mo kurenu to.............Singing of a day Higurashi zo naku............Already gone by. -- Eihei Dogen (1200-1253), tr. Steven Heine Thank you Andy McLellan
The point of Shikantaza – Jundo Cohen
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
Reality is Dharma 