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Koku 2

FromTREELEAF ZENDO PODCAST

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75 minutes

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Jan 9, 2011

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Futher comments on Koku based on Uji, Being-time. The broad and big body of Koku contains all actions and times:

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Released:

Jan 9, 2011

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Dharma talks by Jundo Cohen & others from Treeleaf Zendo

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Whattsa Who'sa Bodhisattva? - The Virtue of Effort: Last time, in our discussion of the Ten Pure Virtues or "Perfections" (Paramitas) of the Bodhisattva path ... we talked about "Patience" ... ... and today we will talk about the Perfection of Effort and Diligence (Virya Paramita). All the perfection... by TREELEAF ZENDO PODCAST
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Whattsa Who'sa Bodhisattva? - The Virtue of Patience: Ten Pure Virtues or "Perfections" (Paramitas in Sanskrit) are fundamental to the Bodhisattva path. Today, we will discuss the Perfection of Patience (Kshanti Paramita) If the video does not work today ... please consider it a perfect chance to put th... by TREELEAF ZENDO PODCAST
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Whattsa Who'sa Bodhisattva? - The Virtue of Mystical Powers: We now come to the Bodhisattva Virtue of .... Miraculous, Mystical Powers (bala) Mahayana sutras and lore refer to a variety of supernatural powers developed through meditation and Buddhist practice, said of aid to the Bodhisattva ... such as th... by TREELEAF ZENDO PODCAST
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Whattsa Who'sa Bodhisattva? - The Virtue of the Precepts: Ten Pure Virtues or "Perfections" (Paramitas in Sanskrit) are fundamental to the Bodhisattva path. Today, we will discuss the Perfection of an ethical life, in keeping with the Precepts (Shila Paramita) by TREELEAF ZENDO PODCAST
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The Ten Oxherding Pictures (X): Rev. Taigu re-emerges with his next teaching on the Ten Oxherding Pictures. He writes: “Once we drop whip and rope, once we stop manipulating reality, it appears by itself and we understand that we are exactly at the same spot as we were when it al... by TREELEAF ZENDO PODCAST
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The Ten Oxherding Pictures (XII): Rev. Taigu brings to life the 9th of the Ten Oxherding Pictures… “Fabulous weather and great cherry blossoms. Loud and busy street, towers of steel and glass. We are reaching the source, or should we say that we are fully back to where we were origi... by TREELEAF ZENDO PODCAST
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Whattsa Who'sa Bodhisattva? - The Virtue of Vow & Commitment: In keeping with our 100-day Ango Practice Season, we look at the Bodhisattva Virtue of .... Vow and Commitment (pranidhana) The most fundamental Bodhisattva's vows are these four, which we chant daily ... To save all sentient beings, though beings ... by TREELEAF ZENDO PODCAST
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Whattsa Who'sa Bodhisattva? - The Virtue of Knowledge: The Tenth of the Bodhisattva's Ten Virtues is .... Knowledge (Jñāna) ... In Saving All Sentient Beings ... Knowledge Goes a Long Way ... by TREELEAF ZENDO PODCAST
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Whattsa Who'sa Bodhisattva? - The Virtue of Meditation: On Today's "Top Ten" Countdown of the "Pure Virtues of the Bodhisattva" ... ... we come to No. 5 ... Meditation .. Dhyana ... (not to be confused with the 50's song 'Diana' ... Hold me, darling, ho-ho hold me tight Squeeze me baby with-a all y... by TREELEAF ZENDO PODCAST
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Whattsa Who'sa Bodhisattva? - (MORE) The Virtue of Mystical Powers: More of the Bodhisattva Virtue of Miraculous, Mystical Powers (bala) In the Tashin tsû (Penetration of Other's Minds) portion of the Shôbôgenzô, the subject is mental telepathy, one of the supernormal powers (abhijñâ) regularly said in Buddhist litera... by TREELEAF ZENDO PODCAST
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Whattsa Who'sa Bodhisattva?: Over the next few weeks, we'll be looking at several of the famous "Greats" among the Bodhisattvas. The "Greats" include Kannon, Maitreya, Manjusri, Jizo, Samantabhadra and many others. We'll look at a few Buddhas too ... Especially in Mahayana Bud... by TREELEAF ZENDO PODCAST
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Sit-a-Long with Jundo: Zazen for Beginners (Part 8): We continue our video series on how to do Zazen, and how to allow the thoughts and emotions that appear during Zazen to drift from mind. I often use the analogy of clouds (of thought and emotions) drifting in and out of a clear, blue spacious sky (a m... by TREELEAF ZENDO PODCAST
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Whattsa Who'sa Bodhisattva? - The Virtue of Skillful Means: We continue with our series on the Ten Pure Virtues or "Perfections" of a Bodhisattva .... with Skillful Means (Upaya) Historian and Soto Zen Priest Taigen Dan Leighton writes ... Skillful Means, upaya in Sanskrit ... is an essential c... by TREELEAF ZENDO PODCAST
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Sit-a-Long with Taigu: Zazen for Beginners (Part 9): Rev. Taigu continues his comments on sitting posture for beginners. (We are always beginners.) He says: “What I am suggesting is to give the body-mind a direction, namely to sit up but not to do it. If you instruct yourself to sit straight and do it, ... by TREELEAF ZENDO PODCAST
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The Ten Oxherding Pictures (IX): Rev. Taigu again takes us for a ride with the next of the Ten Oxherding Pictures. He writes: “Riding the bull home… As one mounts the bull, rides the bull, the world and practice itself are not experienced as obstacles anymore. The bull as an... by TREELEAF ZENDO PODCAST
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The Ten Oxherding Pictures (VIII): Rev. Taigu again take the reigns to lead us through the next of the Ten Oxherding Pictures. He writes: “Taming the bull is the story of discipline. One has to take the lead and establish a regular and steady practice. That is, at least, the tra... by TREELEAF ZENDO PODCAST
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The Ten Oxherding Pictures (VII): Rev. Taigu continues his series of talks on the Ten Oxherding Pictures. He writes: Getting hold of the tail is the moment were we may think we have got it. The gesture is firm, the grasp strong and the will to tame the ox very much alive. If we... by TREELEAF ZENDO PODCAST
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Whattsa Who'sa Bodhisattva? - The Virtue of Wisdom: Ten Pure Virtues or "Perfections" are fundamental to the Bodhisattva path. Now we come to Wisdom (Prajna Paramita) In Mahayana Buddhism, this means seeing into, piercing ... emptiness ... being, allowing, witnessing and losing ourselves in ... the... by TREELEAF ZENDO PODCAST
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The Ten Oxherding Pictures (III): The first picture ... The Seeker On his blog, Mike Dosho Port quotes Andy Ferguson's translation of a poem by Sensu Tokujo, one of our Chinese ancestors: Letting down the line ten thousand feet, A single breaking wave makes ten thousand ripples... by TREELEAF ZENDO PODCAST
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The Ten Oxherding Pictures (I): This is an Enso from the great Zen teacher Nantembo who lived a century ago, his temple in Nishinomiya is very close to where I live. It says: Everything fundamentally is perfect roundness in this world. As soon as you are born in this world, your... by TREELEAF ZENDO PODCAST
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Sit-a-Long with Jundo: Zazen for Beginners (Part 10): Last time, in our series on Zazen for Beginners (we are all always beginners), I used the analogy of clouds of thoughts and emotions drifting through an open, clear, boundless blue sky. I said, in Shikantaza “Just Sitting” Zazen, we do not resist the ... by TREELEAF ZENDO PODCAST
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Whattsa Who'sa Bodhisattva? - The Virtue of Generosity: Ten Pure Virtues or "Perfections" (Paramitas in Sanskrit) are fundamental to the Bodhisattva path. Today, we will discuss Generosity (Dana Paramita) by TREELEAF ZENDO PODCAST
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The Ten Oxherding Pictures (VI): Continuing our glimpse at ... ... catching a glimpse, the watcher (After a lovely year here at Beliefnet.com, our daily "Sit-a-long with Jundo" Zazen netcasts will be moving home on January 1st to SHAMBHALA SUNSPACE, the webpage of the Shambhala Su... by TREELEAF ZENDO PODCAST
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The Ten Oxherding Pictures (XIII): Rev. Taigu closes his series on the Ten Oxherding Pictures… “In the world, entering the marketplace… as we get up and leave our hermitage, we just don’t leave Shikantaza behind. If we do so, what would be the real meaning of our practice? Merging w... by TREELEAF ZENDO PODCAST
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The Ten Oxherding Pictures (II) by TREELEAF ZENDO PODCAST
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The Ten Oxherding Pictures (XI): For the 8th of the Ten Oxherding Pictures, Rev. Taigu offers this from Master Dogen’s Shobogenzo Genjo-Koan: To study the Buddha way is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be actualized by myriad ... by TREELEAF ZENDO PODCAST
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The Ten Oxherding Pictures (IV): dancing with shadows ... At the waters edge, under the trees - hoofmarks are numerous. Balmy grasses grow abundantly - can you see them or not? Even if you go deeper and deeper into the mountains, How could his nostrils, well compassing the ... by TREELEAF ZENDO PODCAST
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Sit-a-Long with Jundo: Zazen for Beginners (Part 4): There was a devastating earthquake in the news yesterday — great human suffering. So much sadness in this world… war and violence, poverty, hunger, disease. Yet, in our Shikantaza Zazen, we are to instructed to sit with life without thinking “good” or... by TREELEAF ZENDO PODCAST
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What We Think Others Think: The topic came up in another thread about worrying too much about what others think of us ... I have a tendancy to take a lot of what people say to me, personal. ... Can anyone give me some tips from a buddhist or zen-perspective, how to stop myself f... by TREELEAF ZENDO PODCAST
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Space: Space...Gap or stretch? something out there or just plain close? Something we are part of or something we travel and walk through? Dogen, a simple man in medieval Japan, loved space. He wrote a whole collection of talks about it. Dogen made it very clear... by TREELEAF ZENDO PODCAST
10 min listen

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