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Article by Stuart Lachs evaluating the transmission of Zen insights to America in the 20th century, and the consequences of the path this transmission took.
There are two ways to get through a sesshin. One is to concentrate on survival
and the second is to focus on each moment as it comes up. Either way will get
you through the sesshin. But only the second way will give you an effective
sesshin. If you focus on survival then you will be disappointed after your
sesshin, because you will know that you have wasted your time just thinking
about getting through it.
There are three reasons why we recite sutras. First, we recite them to make an offering to Buddhist patriarchs; second, to create a noble relationship with all beings; third, to unite these first two actions with our Buddhist training.
Translated by his Dharma relatives, Eido Tai Shimano Roshi and Robert Chotan Aitken Roshi.
[Jukai] is the primary initiation ceremony of
zen. The great inner initiation of zen is enlightenment, but
meanwhile we do outer initiation ceremonies like Jukai, which
have a deep meaning. In Jukai you receive the rakasu, which
represents the robe of the Buddha, and your connection to all the
ancient lineage of people who have walked the Way and suffered
for wisdom and also gained wisdom. You share in their light and
their effort. You take on a Buddhist name, identifying yourself
in the tradition in that way.
The text of "The Pools" has been reprinted from February & March 1989
issues of the Newsletter of the Zen Center of San Diego.
A chapter discussing her work can be found in the L. Friedman's book Meetings
with Remarkable Women: Buddhist Teachers in America. 1987. Boston &
London: Shambhala.
Yamada Roshi [Mar 1907-13 Sep 1989] was a successor of Hakuun Yasutani Roshi
and a teacher of Robert Aitken Roshi. His zendo is in Kamakura, Japan, where he
taught a number of westerners, including many Catholic priests and nuns. This
particular taIk was given by him to a group of Catholics in Kamakura in 1975.
When we read Shobogenzo today, we are usually struck by
its great breadth and complexity. It delves into the most profound
problems of Buddhist philosophy and considers those problems
from many seemingly contradictory standpoints. This breadth
and complexity tend, at first, to obscure the fact that, at
its core, Master Dogen's thought is very simple and practical.
He teaches us that the ultimate meaning of Buddhism is to be
found not in theory but in the practice of Zazen. According
to Master Dogen, Buddhism and Zazen are one and the same thing;
to practice Zazen is Buddhism itself. Buddhism is simply to
practice Zazen.
Zip file contains overviews of the 95 chapters and 2 Appendices
that make up the 95 chapter edition of Shobogenzo, the essential
Japanese Buddhist text, written in the 13th century by Zen Master
Dogen and translated by Gudo Nishijima & Chodo Cross.
It is now during the first ten days of the tenth month
in the twentieth year of Kanei (1645). I have climbed mountain
Iwato of Higo in Kyushu to pay homage to heaven, pray to Kwannon,
and kneel before Buddha. I am a warrior of Harima province,
Shinmen Musashi No Kami Fujiwara No Genshin, age sixty years.
To write this book I did not use the law of Buddha or the
teachings of Confucius, neither old war chronicles nor books
on martial tactics. I take up my brush to explain the true spirit
of this Ichi school as it is mirrored in the Way of heaven and
Kwannon
Working With KoansToday's talk is about working with koans. I'll begin with the text of two koans.
A pilgrim of the way asked Chao-chou: Does a dog have Buddha nature or not?
Chao-chou said: Mu.
The other koan is Who is hearing that sound?
Case 6 "EVERY DAY IS A GOOD DAY"Yun-men said: I don't ask you about before the fifteenth of
the month (the fifteenth of the month is the full moon
time); try to say something about after the fifteenth.
Yun-men himself answered for everybody: Every day is a good day.
Case 100 Lan-gya's "Mountains and Rivers"A monk asked Lan-gya: "The essential body is intrinsically pure and clear, how are mountains, rivers and the great earth at once produced from it?" Lan-gya said, "The essential body is intrinsically pure and clear, how are mountains, rivers and the great earth at once produced from it?"
Book of Serenity : One Hundred Zen Dialogues (Shoyo Roku)
Thomas Cleary / Paperback / Published 1990 / Lindisfarne Press
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