A vital reminder on zazen

[Troy]

Thank you... I needed that reminder. Time to get on the cushion

[Jamie]

This is not sitting 'on one's complacent rump like a bump on a log', but is instead whole ... vibrant ... alive ... fulfilled sitting.

Gassho Jundo

[Aelric]

Thank you.

[Theophan]

Thank you.

Theophan
sat today

[Joryu]

Nandi - sat today.

[Ed]

Thank you Jundo.
Uchiyama roshi's comments on Genjokoan speak of dropping off 'the dichotomy' of body and mind of self and other at zazen and off the cushion. He tirelessly mentions living life from the 'ground of being before mind splits reality into this and that.' We live there in that Ground of Being, whether we know it or not, but finding it out, experiencing it, is the marvelous gift of this thing we do, zazen and the Buddha Way.
To be reminded of this, is a gift I never tire of and receive with energy.

Gassho.

[Kimberly]

Thank-you Jundo.

To fully be present doing one thing at a time is the simplicist but sometimes the most dificult thing to do in this world which ask of us to multi-task in our lives so much. But, I believe to live, "whole ... vibrant ... alive ... fulfilled sitting.," that we must be fully present and to do that we must practice Zazen.


_()_ Gassho


Sat today

[Jundo]

Thank-you Jundo.

To fully be present doing one thing at a time is the simplicist but sometimes the most dificult thing to do in this world which ask of us to multi-task in our lives so much. But, I believe to live, "whole ... vibrant ... alive ... fulfilled sitting.," that we must be fully present and to do that we must practice Zazen.


_()_ Gassho


Sat today

Hi Kimberly,

Yes, when sitting, just do that one thing. There is not one other thing to do in that one moment.

However, don't think you have to be so one thing mindful every second of the day. Multi-tasking is fine when one needs to multi-task, and is too the "one thing" in that moment. We had a talk about that this week here

http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?7696-Sit-a-Long-with-Jundo-Zazen-for-Beginners-%28Part-X%29&p=146184&viewfull=1#post146184

By the way, please do me the one favor of introducing yourself to the folks when you get a chance.

http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?13067-Greetings-by-new-folks-%28January%29

Gassho, Jundo

[Theophan]

Thank You Jundo

Gassho
Theophan
Sat Today

[Ongen]

YES! Thank you

Gassho
Ongen

Sat Today

[Ed]

"Zazen is zazen" or you are doing shikantaza when there is no one present; no little self, no big Self, no self at all, just this.

Sattdy

[Jundo]

"Zazen is zazen" or you are doing shikantaza when there is no one present; no little self, no big Self, no self at all, just this.

Sattdy

Lovely.

[jtlewis]

Spent two hours at the dentist today. Nowhere to go and nowhere to be. Just sitting while drilling and scrapping and pulling and cleaning.

All good practice ☺.

Thank you Jundk for this lesson.

Gassho,

Josh

[Timchenko_Oleg]

[Rob Parisien]

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