‘The way is completely present where you are.’
Dôgen Zenji
Dogen
Afternoon meditation — Practice just here is not apart from realisation.
‘Practice just here is not apart from realisation. Fortunately, each one of us has individually inherited this wondrous practice.’
Dôgen Zenji
Afternoon meditation — In practice / enlightenment of the Buddha.
Afternoon meditation — In practice / enlightenment of the Buddha.
Dôgen Zenji
Morning meditation: The successive Buddhas and Patriarchs.
‘The successive Buddhas and Patriarchs were all seekers of the Way.’
Dôgen Zenji
Morning meditation: The True Person Is.
‘The true person is not anyone in particular.’
Dôgen Zenji
Morning meditation: The Way is Completely Present.
‘The way is completely present where you are.
The Supreme Teaching is Free.’
Dôgen Zenji
Morning meditation: The Universe that’s Breathing.
‘Zazen is an activity that is an extension of the universe. Zazen is not the life of an individual, it’s the universe that’s breathing.’
Dôgen Zenji
Part 6 Zazenshin: Acupuncture Needle of Zazen, by Shohaku Okumura
‘Is there a way we should aim at beyond the framework of zazen that has not yet been accomplished?’
Buddhism now 