Zazen Notes

In his description of the induction of the first state of concentration, Gautama spoke of how a person:

… steeps, drenches, fills and suffuses this body with zest and ease, born of solitude, so that there is not one particle of the body that is not pervaded by this lone-born zest and ease. (1)

In my practice, I make use of some advice Shunryu ...  read more

I lived in El Cerrito for most of 2015. While I was there, I made an effort to attend some of the sittings at the Berkeley Zen Center, and likewise to attend some of the weekend lectures.

At one of the lectures, I signed up for a one-day sitting.

When the day came, I got to the zendo on time, and found an empty mat at the back. One day sittings ...  read more

For me it’s more about readdressing the process we are undertaking as Buddhists (or probably Bon and Daoist for that matter) to see it in a light which actually makes it work a little better(?) , easier (?) – or even kinder …

(Apech, on “The Dao Bums”)

I’m with you on that!

Kobun Chino Otogawa once said:

Washing rice to make pizza is not ...  read more