In Zen, a potential student comes to a zendo, and asks if they can participate. The proper teacher bows, and points at a place in the zendo for that person to sit and a zafu to sit on, and they show them how to sit properly, giving them their best tools to begin their journey… Continue reading What book is the best book to understand ourselves?
Category: Zen – Study
Zen Mind Beginners Mind
Shunryu Suzuki This book is the most fundamental books of teaching that i have found in my life, in terms of how to use this mind, and a worldview. This book has been in my life for over 40 years of my Zen practice. Here is an audio book for anyone who is interested. _/\_… Continue reading Zen Mind Beginners Mind
The Platform Sutra
The Precepts – Jundo Cohen
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
On Finding Wisdom Beyond Discriminatory Thought – Huang Po & Dogen
Zen master -ObakuHuang Po, china d. 850. Studying the Way is just a figure of speech.In fact, the Tao is not something that can be studied.Study leads to the use of concepts,And when we cling to conceptsThe entire way is misunderstood.The Way is not something that exists separately from you,And it is not located anywhere… Continue reading On Finding Wisdom Beyond Discriminatory Thought – Huang Po & Dogen
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
THE FOUR WAYS OF KNOWING – Hakuin
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/monkeymind/2018/10/zen-master-hakuin-on-the-four-ways-of-knowing.html THE FOUR WAYS OF KNOWING by Hakuin Ekaku Translated by Albert Low Hakuin on Kensho: The Four Ways of Knowing, Shambhala, 2006, Pages 29-39 THE FOUR WAYS OF KNOWING OF AN AWAKENED PERSON Someone asked Hakuin, “Are the three bodies and four ways of knowing inherent, or are they brought into being by our… Continue reading THE FOUR WAYS OF KNOWING – Hakuin
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
The Five Skandhas – The Sense Apex
A personal view on the Five Skandhas. The overall system or "Grand System" seems like a fibre-optics system, with all the fiber ends (representing individual awareness located like a point in space and time) shining the same image as is "sent out" by the light source. What seems like individual consciousness or awareness is simply… Continue reading The Five Skandhas – The Sense Apex
Ego in Zen vs Ego in Psychology
by Caesar Luis Romero on Facebook - Ego in Zen vs Ego in Psychology The ego-soul in Buddhism is not ‘good’ or ‘bad,’ it’s just viewed as an act, a role, and ultimately not real, an illusion, created by the five skandhas, or individual elements of human existence. In comparison to western modern psychology, which… Continue reading Ego in Zen vs Ego in Psychology
Reality is Dharma 