from the Antaiji website
Translated from Japanese by Jesse Haasch and Muhô. The complete book will (hopefully) be available in print in the near future.
Buddhism Meditation et al.
Part 3 Zazenshin: Acupuncture Needle of Zazen, by Shohaku Okumura
3rd lecture on Zazen and Dogen-Zenji by Shohaku Okumura. …Polishing a tile
This is the third part of a commentary on the Shobogenzo: Zazenshin by Reverend Okumura. In Part I he explained that `zazen is an acupuncture needle to heal the sickness caused by the three poisonous states of mind.’ The second instalment went into his experiences in relationship to that teaching, and this instalment is the story of Nangaku polishing the tile. Click here to read part one and two of Zazenshin.
Nangaku’s Polishing a Tile
[Dogen Zenji comments on the story about Nangaku (Nanyue Huairang 677-744) and Baso (Mazu Dao-I 709-88). Nangaku Ejo was a disciple of the Sixth Ancestor, Daikan Eno (Dajian Huineng 638-713).]
Baso Doitsu was a great Zen master in Tang Dynasty China. It is said that he had more than eighty Dharma heirs.
This story about Nangaku is interesting and important. Dogen Zenji did not initially introduced it in its entirety in the Shobogenzo…
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Advice
One day ….maybe
What to do when Anger gets hot
From the ongoing story of sites and platforms that don’t like to be reblogged.
Don’t ask me why. I guess they never heard “Sharing is caring”
Number 1:
What to do when anger gets hot from Tricycle written by Ngawang Gelek Demo Repoche
And Number 2:
Against Spriritual Consumerism by Daily Zen (Charlie Ambler)
You can’t but Spiritualism or Meditation
It’s not working
