{"id":613,"date":"2009-03-18T10:48:55","date_gmt":"2009-03-18T10:48:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/treeleafzen\/2009\/03\/more-zazen-thats-zen-meditatio.html"},"modified":"2009-03-18T10:48:55","modified_gmt":"2009-03-18T10:48:55","slug":"more-zazen-thats-zen-meditatio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/treeleafzen\/2009\/03\/more-zazen-thats-zen-meditatio.html","title":{"rendered":"More … ZAZEN ( that’s ZEN MEDITATION ) IS ALL YOU NEED!"},"content":{"rendered":"

(BENDOWA XI)<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

Master Dogen continues to tell us that “Zazen” ( that’s Zen meditation ) is all we need … enlightenment itself …<\/p>\n

And that means we don’t need to bother with all that other Buddhist stuff … like burning incense, ringing bells, bowing, chanting, worrying about the Precepts or even reading Buddhist books. All we need is Zazen, sitting on our cushion.<\/p>\n
But ya know … we are always working on a few different ways of seeing things here. So, at other times, Dogen reminds us, we think of Zazen ‘Zen Meditation’ in its wider meaning<\/i> … namely, all of life. At those times, ‘Zen Meditation’ also means burning incense, ringing bells, bowing, chanting, worrying about the Precepts or even reading Buddhist books.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Each action is, in that moment, ‘Zen Meditation’, and in that moment, all we need, a perfect act, the place to be.  <\/div>\n

See how that goes?<\/p>\n

And it is true for all our lives … making breakfast for the kids, typing on the keyboard at work, paying the gas bill, washing the supper dishes … all ‘Zen Meditation’ in its wider meaning … <\/div>\n
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… and in that moment, all we need, a perfect act, the place to be.  <\/div>\n

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