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College of Bishops - Five Mountain Zen Order
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Locations and Membership Map. Five Mountain Zen Order - College of Bishops. A Bishop (Zen Teacher) is. A senior clergy member who, having received Inga, presides over one or more congregations. This position includes some supervisory responsibilities over both congregations and leaders in that region. A Bishop. Serves as a guide and instructor in religious matters; and is often the founder and leader of his or her congregations. Ven Domun Prajñā, M.Div. And has written one book:. He is currently studying...
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No-Bodhi-Knows: September 2015
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Sunday, September 27, 2015. Outline of Practice" by Bodhidharma. This is the text of Bodhidharma's "Outline of Practice" Translated by Ven. Dr. Wonji Dharma, Guiding Teacher-. Five Mountain Zen Order. And some of Red Pine's "The Zen Teachings of Bodhidharma.". This is what I based the first talk in the Bodhidharma series from September 2015. The italic. Text below is my commentary, which is largely my takeaway. Those who return from delusion back to this moment, who meditate in presence, the absence of s...
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No-Bodhi-Knows: November 2015
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Sunday, November 29, 2015. It is What It Is. My old sangha (Original Mind Zen Sangha) was in Princeton, NJ, and half-jokingly we had a rather Jersey-like motto: “It is what it is (you got a problem with that? At this stage, we don't even ask any of these questions; it never dawns on us to even ask them, because the answer is only “It Is What It Is.”. We can look at it from the “emptiness” perspective and say, “What is this 'it'? 8221; Is there any 'is' to 'it'? 8221; What is implied by 'what'? On a more ...
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No-Bodhi-Knows: October 2015
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Wednesday, October 28, 2015. Leaving the Impression Behind. On a practical level, when we clean the dishes, we pay attention that no food is left behind. We also put the dishes back where they're supposed to go, even if that's the dish drainer, because the dish drainer's correct function is to allow the dishes to dry- no trace of the water is left behind. Zen Master Thich Thien-An quotes a poem:. 8220;Swallows fly in the sky,. The water reflects their images. The swallows leave no traces,. It might be ni...
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No-Bodhi-Knows: January 2016
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Friday, January 29, 2016. A Nose is a Nose. In Zen, we can tend to use a lot of metaphors and analogies. No harm in that; sometimes we need a “like this” in order to help someone comprehend what is arguably incomprehensible. And sometimes the metaphor or analogy may take on a life of its own, to the point where what it pointed to is lost altogether. We often hear about mistaking the finger pointing at the moon for the moon itself. Double metaphor! Friday, January 15, 2016. Since most likely you are readi...
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No-Bodhi-Knows: December 2016
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Thursday, December 29, 2016. New Year, New Opportunities. When they go low, we go high," Michelle Obama said during the recent campaign. If you're left-leaning, does this "high" mean we satisfy ourselves with a sense of moral superiority and passivity, at best preaching to the choir, to our like-minded FB followers? I hope not. Does it mean we'll take to the streets, but only when the weather is nice? Likewise, I hope not. Does it mean that we wait, giving the new administration a chance? Of us who see t...
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No-Bodhi-Knows: March 2016
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Saturday, March 26, 2016. I’ve spent a fair amount of time as what might be called a Zen hard-ass. I see a website for a Zen center that says that meditation will result in peaceful calm equanimity, and I want to shake somebody. I’ll think to myself, “How can you say that? There are no results, and making promises that can’t be kept just sets people up for a feeling of failure, maybe even contempt for the Zen center or Zen practice itself! 8221; And that’s OK. Monday, March 14, 2016. Thus have I heard:.
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No-Bodhi-Knows: December 2014
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Wednesday, December 24, 2014. The holiday season. Why are there so many holidays crammed into such a short amount of time (in the US, anyway)? And how many blogs are written about this time of year? And how many of those are going to offer coping mechanisms about how to deal with family members, how not to gain weight, and any number of other topics that one might infer that the holiday season is to be dreaded rather than celebrated? There is the practice the Perfection of dana. Patience and equanimity)&...
