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  • kokuu

    a leaf sprouts in Georgia

    Hi everyone, I'm kokuu (empty sky), and very thankful to have found this group. I've been reading about Buddhism and Zen for a little over a year, and have been sitting on my own for about the same amount of time.

    Currently my practice is about exploring the heartbeat. I notice that if I start with breath counting, somewhere along the 10 minute mark, my heartbeat becomes all consuming, like a drumbeat, and I just follow it. The breath counting falls away, and there is a total body experience. Afterwards, I tend to see that rhythm and heartbeat everywhere. (Hope that makes sense, very difficult to put into words!)

    Anyway, I am enjoying the talks by Jundo, and following the posts.

    Cheers!
    kokuu
  • Rev R
    Member
    • Jul 2007
    • 457

    #2
    18 reads and no welcomes(ok ok one of those was me)? you're slacking leafers :P

    hello and welcome kokuu

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    • oxeye
      Member
      • Oct 2007
      • 31

      #3
      hiya kokuu.. welcome to the tree leaf! - jeff

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      • Dainin
        Member
        • Sep 2007
        • 389

        #4
        Hi kokuu,

        Welcome to Treeleaf!

        Gassho,
        Keith

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        • Lynn
          Member
          • Oct 2007
          • 180

          #5
          Hello and welcome! Nice to have you "here."

          Gassho~

          *Lynn
          When we wish to teach and enlighten all things by ourselves, we are deluded; when all things teach and enlighten us, we are enlightened. ~Dogen "Genjo Koan"

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          • Ten
            Member
            • Nov 2007
            • 34

            #6
            Hi kokuu! Welcome to the TZF!

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            • Jundo
              Treeleaf Founder and Priest
              • Apr 2006
              • 40188

              #7
              Hi Kokuu,

              Welcome!

              Master Dogen's teaching on the hearbeat, I believe, would be to just let the heartbeat beat. Until it stops beating.

              In the Shikantaza practice, we do not focus on any one item or object when sitting Zazen, and we are expansive and seeking nothing particular as a special state. Perhaps we might say that "everything and nothing" is our object. Good Zazen and bad Zazen ... is all good Zazen. However, it is perfectly fine to do something like that for the first few minutes in our Practice.

              Beat beat beat beat beat ... moment moment moment moment moment

              Gassho, Jundo
              ALL OF LIFE IS OUR TEMPLE

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              • TracyF
                Member
                • Nov 2007
                • 188

                #8
                Hiya, Kokuu.

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                • Undo
                  Member
                  • Jun 2007
                  • 495

                  #9
                  Hello

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                  • Eika
                    Member
                    • Sep 2007
                    • 806

                    #10
                    Hi and welcome!

                    Bill
                    [size=150:m8cet5u6]??[/size:m8cet5u6] We are involved in a life that passes understanding and our highest business is our daily life---John Cage

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                    • will
                      Member
                      • Jun 2007
                      • 2331

                      #11
                      Welcome Kokuu.

                      Gassho Will
                      [size=85:z6oilzbt]
                      To save all sentient beings, though beings are numberless.
                      To penetrate reality, though reality is boundless.
                      To transform all delusion, though delusions are immeasurable.
                      To attain the enlightened way, a way non-attainable.
                      [/size:z6oilzbt]

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                      • Steve
                        Member
                        • Nov 2007
                        • 21

                        #12
                        Welcome!

                        Steve

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                        • Gregor
                          Member
                          • Apr 2007
                          • 638

                          #13
                          Hello Kokuu, nice to meet you.

                          take care,

                          Greg
                          Jukai '09 Dharma Name: Shinko 慎重(Prudent Calm)

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                          • Ankai
                            Treeleaf Unsui
                            • Nov 2007
                            • 985

                            #14
                            Hi. Pull up a chair. can I get you anything?
                            Gassho!
                            護道 安海


                            -Godo Ankai

                            I'm still just starting to learn. I'm not a teacher. Please don't take anything I say too seriously. I already take myself too seriously!

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                            • Shohei
                              Member
                              • Oct 2007
                              • 2854

                              #15
                              Hello and Welcome to Treeleaf Kokuu!

                              Gassho
                              Dirk

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