Kinhin in Dogen's teaching

[Dokan]

Re: Kinhin in Dogen's teaching

I'm grateful to Jef Jones, the curator of that blog, not only for preserving the article on kinhin, but the vast archive of shakuhachi material he has collected there as well.

Wow...so many great resources. Thank you again Fuken!

[ChrisA]

Re: Kinhin in Dogen's teaching

Yes, thanks for that.

Does anyone have a hound at home? Yesterday, after I had read that website and was walking my black & tan coonhound in a nearby woods, I realized I was watching his deeply aware "nose down tail up" practice. Seemed like a nice analogy for kinhin -- though the hound position itself doesn't work for me.

[Risho]

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Thank you for that article.

Chris, we have 2 dogs; 1 is a hound mix. He looks like a small, black, great dane. According to tge shelter, he was from alitter of pups on an Alabama farm. He uses his nose a lot and he's really smart but edging on insane. Lol

[Graceleejenkins]

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I was confused about the description. The blog says one half step per breath. Then it says put the heel down on the inhale and then transfer weight to the toes on the exhale. (Is one step both the right and the left foot? I'm assuming one breath is comprised of both the inhale and the exhale.) Does anyone else understand my confusion? I am writing this from memory. Gassho, Grace.