Compassion. Judgement. (No)Self Satisfaction.

[Jakuden]

Something about Kobun Chino's words made a tear fall. They point to something very deep and essential about being human. Thank you for the link to more of his teachings.
Gassho
Jakuden
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[Byokan]

Thank you Jundo, for sharing Kobun's teaching and the link to his other talks.

Gassho
Byōkan
sat today

[Joyo]

Thank you, Jundo and everyone. I too will be reading the Kubon Chino.

Gassho,
Joyo
sat today

[Jundo]

Thank you, Jundo and everyone. I too will be reading the Kubon Chino.

Gassho,
Joyo
sat today

Kobun Chino had a wild way a speaking, widely wandering and then some. However, they are wonderful talks as one goes along for the ride in that book.

A few of his audio talks are here too ...

http://www.kobun.jikoji.org/

At the last gathering of some of Kobun’s long-term students in Santa Cruz, CA before Kobun’s death, a student asked, “Kobun, why do we sit?” He thoughtfully and slowly replied:

"We sit to make life meaningful. The significance of our life is not experienced in striving to create some perfect thing. We must simply start with accepting ourselves. Sitting brings us back to actually who and where we are. This can be very painful. Self-acceptance is the hardest thing to do. If we can’t accept ourselves, we are living in ignorance, this darkest night. We may still be awake, but we don’t know where we are. We cannot see. The mind has no light. Practice is this candle in our very darkest room.”

Gassho, J

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[Joyo]

Thank you very much, Jundo.

Gassho,
Joyo
sat today

[Shokai]

At the last gathering of some of Kobun’s long-term students in Santa Cruz, CA before Kobun’s death, a student asked, “Kobun, why do we sit?” He thoughtfully and slowly replied:

"We sit to make life meaningful. The significance of our life is not experienced in striving to create some perfect thing. We must simply start with accepting ourselves. Sitting brings us back to actually who and where we are. This can be very painful. Self-acceptance is the hardest thing to do. If we can’t accept ourselves, we are living in ignorance, this darkest night. We may still be awake, but we don’t know where we are. We cannot see. The mind has no light. Practice is this candle in our very darkest room.”

That's beautiful, mind if I use it?

thanks and gassho

"SatToday"