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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 ...
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 ...
I dreamt I was walking with a group of people near the top of a granite peak. Kobun was there, and he mentioned that I should update the presentation of “The Mudra of Zen”, my original website. I was a little put off, knowing how much work would be involved.
When I woke up, I realized how lucky I was, to be able to give advice to myself in a dream through the figure of a person whose opinion I was bound to respect.
“The Mudra of Zen” has now been revised, not only for the presentation but also for the content. I have added an “About” page to the site to explain the change:
The writings that have been the most useful to me from “The Mudra of Zen” and “Zazen Notes” are now collected on this site as “A Natural Mindfulness”.
“A Natural Mindfulness” is organized in two parts. The first part revolves around “one-pointedness of mind”, a characteristic of concentration ...