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
Category: Teachings of Dogen
The Four Integrative Methods of Bodhisattvas (Bodaisatta shishoho)” Excerpt – Dogen
from "The Four Integrative Methods of Bodhisattvas (Bodaisatta shishoho)" by Zen Master Eihei Dogen (1200-1253), trans Thomas Cleary The four integrative methods of bodhisattvas are giving, kind speech, beneficial action and cooperation. This giving means not coveting; not coveting is not being greedy...To offer flowers from distant mountains to a Buddha, to give away treasure's… Continue reading The Four Integrative Methods of Bodhisattvas (Bodaisatta shishoho)” Excerpt – Dogen
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
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
“Flowers in the Sky (Kuge)” by Zen Master Eihei Dogen (1200-1253)
from "Flowers in the Sky (Kuge)" by Zen Master Eihei Dogen (1200-1253), trans. Thomas Cleary Zen Master Reikun, when he first called on Zen Master Kiso, asked, "What is Buddha?" Kiso said, "If I tell you, will you believe?" Reikun said, "How dare I not believe the true words of the teacher?" Kiso said, "You… Continue reading “Flowers in the Sky (Kuge)” by Zen Master Eihei Dogen (1200-1253)
Dogen – “Actualizing the Fundamental Point”
from "Genjo-koan (Actualizing the Fundamental Point)" by Zen Master Eihei Dogen (1200-1253), trans. Robert Aitken and Kazuaki Tanahashi To carry yourself forward and experience myriad things is delusion. That myriad things come forth and experience themselves is awakening. Those who have great realization of delusion are buddhas; those who are greatly deluded about realization are… Continue reading Dogen – “Actualizing the Fundamental Point”
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
Shikantaza – Thoughts on Silent Illumination – Jundo Cohen
Jundo Cohen First, it is important to keep in mind that many very different approaches are being called "silent illumination" these days (maybe in the past too). Some, for example, seem to emphasize various degrees of concentration on the breath, and the attainment of varying degrees of "samadhi" with deeply concentrated mind states. Second, reading… Continue reading Shikantaza – Thoughts on Silent Illumination – Jundo Cohen
Dongshan’s Heat and Cold – Shobogenzo
http://www.abuddhistlibrary.com/Buddhism/C%20-%20Zen/Modern%20Teachers/John%20Daido%20Loori%20-%20Dharma%20Talks/DISCOURSE%20Dongshan%92s%20Heat%20and%20Cold.htm Dongshan’s Heat and Cold Dharma Discourse by Abbot John Daido Loori Master Dogen's 300 Koan Shobogenzo,* Case 225 Featured in Mountain Record 17.4, Summer 1999 The Main Case A monk asked Master Dongshan, “Cold and heat descend upon us. How can we avoid them?”1Dongshan answered, “Why don’t you go to the place where there… Continue reading Dongshan’s Heat and Cold – Shobogenzo
Reality is Dharma 