Posted in Buddhism, Family, tagged cats, zazen on December 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I have realsied I am surrounded by Buddhas even at home. They do not seem to be bothered about the meaning of life or obsess aboout the future but seem to be very much at peace with themselves and the world around. I have a lot to learn in this department.
Valuable and unexpected lessions I’ve [...]
Posted in Buddhism, Guest blogs, Response, tagged Add new tag on November 14, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Before he died, the Buddha instructed the sangha not to make images of him. In the Maha-parinibbana Sutta, he wanted each of his disciples to be “an island unto his or herself, as a refuge unto his or herself seeking no other refuges”. There were no portrayals of the Buddha in a human form in [...]
Posted in Buddhism, Response, tagged giving, self, shikantaza, zazen on July 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
During the retreat we had an opportunity to have a personal interview (or even two) with the teacher – formal or informal style – to discuss the practice. The interviews lasted all from 5 minutes to over an hour. The formal interview included bowing to the teacher in gassho and three prostrations (gotai-tochi) upon entering [...]
Posted in Buddhism, Response, tagged gassho, interviews, prostration, silence, teaching on July 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
At the risk of discriminating all other activities on the schedule zazen including, Dharma talk was one of my favourites. This is when Reb was sharing his teaching and understanding of the dharma, when we could ask questions and the only time of the day when we actually could hear people talk and therefore get [...]
Posted in Buddhism, tagged gong, song, summer, zazen on July 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
In the evening of the last full day of the retreat Reb came into the zendo after the final round of interviews about 15 min before the signal of the gong, the way he used to do every evening so we could finish the day together and he would say the Thank-you-for-today (Tack för idag!) [...]
Posted in Buddhism, tagged giving, Mind, pain, retreat, sesshin, shikantaza, sitting, Zen on July 18, 2008 | 4 Comments »
“…In an appropriate place for sitting, set out a thick mat and put a round cushion on top of it. Sit either in the full or half-lotus posture. Loosen the robes and arrange them in an orderly way. Then place the right hand palm up on the left foot, and the left hand on the [...]
Posted in Buddhism, tagged Body work, chores, Dogen, master, Meditation, Mind, pain, retreat, sesshin, shikantaza, silence, work, Yoga, zazen on July 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Unquestionably, there are more subtle and less exotic ways of sending one’s body and mind into a frenzy of pain and confusion known to the humans of today but at that moment it felt as the right thing to do: going on a sesshin once or twice a year is recommended for lay people and [...]
Posted in Buddhism, tagged Idöborg, reatreat, sesshin, Zen on July 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Since I am not going to Green Gulch at the moment, Green Gulch seems to be coming to me (by way of the following invitation). So I am going on my first Zen sesshin and help me all Buddhas and Ancestors.
Zen Retreat
July 7 to 13, 2008
Teachings by Tenshin Reb Anderson, Roshi
On Idöborg in Stockholm’s [...]
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