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. … continuing to talk on ‘Right Livelihood’ … on a working day morning … The workplace (like the home) is our place of Practice … Might these places be, in many ways, even more fruitful, challenging and stimulating for Zen Practice than any dusty monastery or old temple? However, to reap the benefits, we…

The fifth branch of the ‘Eightfold Path‘ is ‘Right Livelihood’ … Right Livelihood means that, as a life choice, one should earn a living in ways not harmful, and helpful and healthful to the world. Nurse, social worker, school teacher seem obvious choices. But, in our interconnected economy, so too the kind bus driver, honest…

Zazen, by the side of the road … cars-thoughts passing by,from emptiness come, now gonestillness & movement In Master Dogen’s Genjo Koan he writes … In general, a quiet room is good for experiencing Zen balance …. But where is a truly quiet room found? “For at one time, Lord, Alara Kalama was on a…

Welcome to our Saturday “Live from Treeleaf” Zazen, We start with 3 floor prostrations (or deep Gassho), then chant the Heart Sutra in ENGLISH, then sit about 40 minutes of Zazen, then 10 minutes of Kinhin, closing with the chant of the “Verse of Atonement” and “Four Vows”. Please join in, one and all. Gassho,…
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