Four Steps You May Be Overlooking in Your Zazen Practice

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  • Tairin
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    • Feb 2016
    • 2885
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    Four Steps You May Be Overlooking in Your Zazen Practice

    I think we know the guy who wrote this article.

    Four Steps You May Be Overlooking in Your Zazen Practice
    https://tricycle.org/trikedaily/shikantaza-instructions/
    A Zen teacher explains four crucial instructions that are often missed in introductions to shikantaza zazen. 



    Tairin
    Sat today and lah
    泰林 - Tai Rin - Peaceful Woods
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    • Doshin
      Member
      • May 2015
      • 2634
      #2
      Who is that guy?

      Doshin
      St

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        • Seikan
          Member
          • Apr 2020
          • 710
          #3
          I'm sure that the author is no one special, but they seem like they might know what they're talking about.

          Thanks for sharing the link Tairin. I had not seen that yet. Brilliant!

          Gassho,
          Seikan

          -stlah-


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          聖簡 Seikan (Sacred Simplicity)

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            • vanbui
              Member
              • Dec 2018
              • 111
              #4
              Wonderful reminders of what to do in zazen. I often read these articles to remind myself.

              Gassho

              Van
              Satlah

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                • Risho
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                  • May 2010
                  • 3178
                  #5
                  Anyone know where I can download the MEDITATION time tracking spreadsheet to make sure I'm hitting my weekly target?

                  Gassho

                  Risho
                  -stlah
                  Email: risho.treeleaf@gmail.com

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                    • Guest
                      #6
                      Awesome [emoji4]

                      Gassho
                      Bobby
                      SatTodayLAH


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                        • Jundo
                          Treeleaf Founder and Priest
                          • Apr 2006
                          • 40862
                          #7
                          Originally posted by Risho
                          Anyone know where I can download the MEDITATION time tracking spreadsheet to make sure I'm hitting my weekly target?
                          Zen Spreadsheet ...



                          Zazen timer ...



                          Actually, I would not have put "four steps" in the title, because there are no "steps" ... even as we step ... but the editors choose the titles.

                          For those who can't afford a subscription to get past the paywall, an earlier version is here ...

                          Four Missing Instructions - Treeleaf Zendo
                          https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?18605-Four-Missing-Instructions
                          The following four aspects are vital, yet not clearly stated in many introductions to sitting Shikantaza Zazen. Their absence makes all the difference in the world: First, we sit with a radical non-demanding and self-fulfillment in Zazen, unvoiced yet felt deep in the bones, a trust and faith that sitting itself is the


                          Today, Leon and I are on the road to Salmon Ruins, New Mexico, and Shinshi's hacienda ...

                          Gassho, J

                          STLah
                          ALL OF LIFE IS OUR TEMPLE

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                            • Risho
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                              • May 2010
                              • 3178
                              #8
                              hahahaahahaha

                              gassho

                              risho
                              -stlah
                              Email: risho.treeleaf@gmail.com

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                                • Shonin Risa Bear
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                                  • Apr 2019
                                  • 923
                                  #9
                                  _()_

                                  gassho
                                  ds sat and lah
                                  Visiting priest: use salt

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                                    • floke
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                                      • Nov 2019
                                      • 22
                                      #10
                                      Haha!

                                      Gassho

                                      Steve

                                      sat:today

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                                        • Onrin
                                          Member
                                          • Apr 2021
                                          • 194
                                          #11
                                          Thank you for posting.

                                          Chris
                                          sat today

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                                            • Seishin
                                              Member
                                              • Aug 2016
                                              • 1522
                                              #12
                                              Good share Tairin, a succinct yet comprehensive reminder : Just sit .................... but don't Just sit ........................... Just sit.

                                              Sat


                                              Seishin

                                              精 Sei - Meticulous
                                              神 Shin - Heart

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                                                • Tomás ESP
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                                                  • Aug 2020
                                                  • 575
                                                  #13
                                                  You have a beautiful way with words Jundo, thank you for sharing Tairin.

                                                  Gassho, Tomás
                                                  Sat&LaH

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                                                    • Amelia
                                                      Member
                                                      • Jan 2010
                                                      • 4980
                                                      #14
                                                      I read this the other day and didn't realize it was Jundo until the end. I was thinking the whole time, "I really like this one... this guy sounds like Jundo."

                                                      Gassho
                                                      Sat lah
                                                      求道芸化 Kyūdō Geika
                                                      I am just a priest-in-training, please do not take anything I say as a teaching.

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