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TREELEAF ZENDO PODCAST

Treeleaf Zendo

Dharma talks by Jundo Cohen Roshi & priests from Treeleaf Zendo

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July 2016 SIT-A-LONG with Jundo: Who Is a Priest?

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2016/07/28

Who is a Zen Priest ... and how to nurture their Training? And who perhaps is not? These are difficult questions, especially in our little Sangha. Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum: SIT-A-LONG with JUNDO: Who Is a Priest ... »

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July 2016 Zazenkai Talk (Cases from the Book of...

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2016/07/28

Koans for this talk are from The Book of Serenity: CASE 54 - Ungans Great Compassionate One, CASE 55 - Seppo the Rice Cook, CASE 56 - Mishi's White Rabbit, and CASE 57 - Genyo's One Thing. Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum: July 1st-2nd, 2016 - OUR MONTHLY 4-hour ZAZENKAI! »

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June 2016 Zazenkai Talk (Cases from the Book of...

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2016/06/13

Koans for this talk are from The Book of Serenity: CASE 51: Hogen's "By Boat or Land" CASE 52: Sozan's Dharmakaya CASE 53: Obaku's Dregs CASE 54: Ungans Great Compassionate One Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum: June 3rd-4th, 2016 - OUR MONTHLY 4-hour ZAZENKAI! »

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May 2016 SIT-A-LONG with Jundo: Engaged Patience

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2016/05/29

We continue a series of talks on the Buddhist "Paramitas" (Virtues) which aid in our engaged and charitable work in the world. Today ... PATIENCE ... We can be diligent and energetic in our efforts, seeking a good outcome ... yet not be attached to the desired outcome. We can do what can be done, trying for good results ... yet filled with patience at the slow progress. We can try for success ... yet also know equanimity with regard to success or failure. Further reading and discussion for this

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April 2016 Zazenkai Talk (TREELEAF'S 10th ANNIVERSARY!)

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2016/05/08

TODAY'S SITTING MARKS OUR CELEBRATION OF TREELEAF'S 10th ANNIVERSARY! Shōbōgenzō Ikka-no-myōju by Master Dogen One Bright Pearl In [this] sahā world, in the great kingdom of Song [China, there lived] Great Master [Gensha]. One day [while still a young monk, a student of Master Seppo], in order to explore widely the surrounding districts, he leaves the mountain, carrying a [traveling] bag. But as he does so, he stubs his toe on a stone. Bleeding and in great pain, [Gensha] all at once seriously

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May 2016 Zazenkai Talk (Heshang Moheyan (和尚摩訶衍))

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2016/05/08

Today's Talk is dedicated to a fellow who historically got a bad rap. It is also shows how much our Shikantaza Zazen ways resonate with the Teachings of the ancient Masters in the earliest days of Zen ... Heshang Moheyan (和尚摩訶衍)) was a late 8th century Chan monk (Chan is the Chinese name for Zen). He became famous for representing Chan in the so called "Council of Lhasa," a debate held in Tibet between adherents of the Indian teachings of "gradual enlightenment" and the Chinese teachings of "sudden

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March 2016 SIT-A-LONG with Jundo: Engaged Ethics...

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2016/03/28

First, I would like to point everyone to our upcoming ZENATHON, for 10 days starting April 1st (March 31 in some places) through April 10th, marking the 10th Anniversary of Treeleaf Sangha. Sangha members and friends will be sitting somewhere in the world, in all time zones, to mark the event. We are also very fortunate to be able to celebrate together with the traditional day marking Buddha's Birthday in Japan, April 8th (details on that soon). In our Community, we have people sitting all over, in

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March 2016 Zazenkai Talk (Shobogenzo - Kokū (Space -...

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2016/03/27

Because “this place is where something ineffable exists,” it is through the realization of these words that Buddhist patriarchs are caused to be. And because the realization of these words of Buddhist patriarchs passes naturally from rightful successor to rightful successor, the skin, flesh, bones, and marrow, realized as “a whole body,” are “hanging in space.” This space is beyond such categories as the twenty kinds of space [such as inside, outside, over, below, etc.]. In general, how could space

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February 2016 SIT-A-LONG with Jundo: GIVING,...

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2016/02/15

As one of a series of talks putting the spotlight on Treeleaf's ENGAGED & CHARITABLE PROJECTS CENTER, I would like to speak of the traditional Buddhist Paramita (Virtue) of Dana ... Generosity, Charity, Giving. To give and be charitable takes us out of our selfish concerns for our own well-being alone. There are hungry mouths to feed in this world, and we can all do something. There are none of us so impoverished or wanting that we cannot give something to someone in need ... money, food, kindness,

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February 2016 Zazenkai Talk (SPECIAL "NEHAN-E" 4-hour...

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2016/02/12

WELCOME to our Memorial & Celebration of NEHAN-E, (Pari-Nirvana) the traditional day to mark the historical Buddha's death and passing from this visible world. This is also a day for each of us to remember in our homes those family and friends who have gone before. As well, we particularly mark the passing of Nishijima Gudo Wafu and Rempo Niwa Zenji ... Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum: February 6th, 2016 - SPECIAL "NEHAN-E" 4-hour ZAZENKAI! »

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January 2016 SIT-A-LONG with Jundo: TOTALLY ENGAGED

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2016/01/23

As this is just the New Year, it is a good time to stir the pot at Treeleaf's ENGAGED & CHARITABLE PROJECTS CENTER ... We want to activate the place, and believe that it should be front and center in our Practice right with Zazen ... in fact, charity and volunteer activities --are-- Zazen "off the cushion." Every couple of weeks or so, we will be presenting projects that anybody can ... should ... dig into, and we would like to make this a Community Team Effort! There will be many options

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January 2016 Zazenkai Talk (Welcome to the New Year)

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2016/01/20

To open this New Year, our reading will be the prologue to Master Dogen's Bendowa (On the Endeavor of the Way, Kaz Tanahashi Translation), written in 1231, one of the first pieces on Zen Practice written by Master Dogen following his return to Japan from China: www.lionsroar.com/just-wholeheartedly-sit Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum: January 1st-2nd, 2016 - OUR MONTHLY 4-hour ZAZENKAI! WELCOME THE NEW YEAR! »

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SIT-A-LONG with JUNDO: Rohatsu, Retreat and Family

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2015/12/03

This week we celebrate ROHATSU, remembering the Enlightenment of the Buddha who sat under the Bodhi Tree, realizing the end of his long search as he saw the light of the Morning Star. If you cannot travel to a Rohatsu Retreat, we invite you to sit in "retreat" just where you are, with our Treeleaf Sangha Annual 'ALWAYS AT HOME' Two Day 'ALL ONLINE' ROHATSU RETREAT, to be live netcast this coming Saturday and Sunday (or available for sitting any later time when you can arrange). The two days will

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November 2015 Zazenkai Talk (The Verse of Atonement,...

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2015/11/12

For this talk, we will reflect on some of the Verses, Vows and Dedications we are heard to Chant around here for each Zazenkai and at other times. For further reading on these and other Chants, I highly recommend "Living by Vow: A Practical Introduction to Eight Essential Zen Chants and Texts, by Shohaku Okumura, Wisdom Publications, 2012." Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum: November 6th-7th, 2015 - OUR MONTHLY 4-hour ZAZENKAI! »

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October 2015 Zazenkai Dharma Talk (Wild Ways of the...

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2015/10/03

Reading: "Wild Ways of the Precepts in Japan" It is not known if the precepts in sixteen articles resulted from Dogen’s own innovation or if he borrowed this group from another source. [Dogen, in a writing describing the ordination ceremony for his priests] states that the ordination ceremony described therein is exactly the same as the one conducted by [Dogen's Teacher in China] Ju-ching in 1225 when he administered the precepts to Dogen. The reliability of that assertion, however, seems

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September 2015 Talk - Make Room for the Misfits!

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2015/09/30

When SweepingZen asked for a talk on International Blasphemy Rights Day (September 30th), I joked that I do that with most of my posts! A nice thing about Buddhists is that we rarely kill, burn at the stake or imprison our critics, dissenters, heretics and the doctrinally different (although we have our scattered extremists too, the same as any religion). We are pretty non-violent, but even we aren’t totally immune from forbidding and punishing blasphemy and unwelcome voices. Keep room in Zen

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September 2015 Zazenkai Dharma Talk (Ango Season Begins)

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2015/09/09

What is Ango in our day and time, for householders in the modern West? Is it Ango as the Buddha, Dogen and all the Ancestors Practiced? The meaning of the Japanese word Ango [安居] (Skt : varsha or varshika; Pali: vassa ) is “tranquil dwelling”. The origin is the “rainy-season retreat” , the period when Buddhist monks in India stopped their travels and outdoor activities for the duration of the rainy season and gathered at some sheltered location to devote themselves to Practice, study and

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August 2015 Talk - Why Zen Folks Fail - Part 6

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2015/09/02

We continue with Why Zen Students Fail! One reason is because they trust the Zen Teachers too much sometimes. Another reason is because they trust their Teacher not enough sometimes. Sometimes they are blind to a Teacher's flaws, victims of excess devotion, faith and obedience (yes, it sometimes happens, as described HERE) Sometimes students expect a Zen Teacher to be flawless, saintly and superhuman, and run away at the first sign of humanity. Students should realize that the teachers are

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August 2015 Zazenkai Dharma Talk

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2015/08/11

Today's Talk: Theory of Zazen for Three Personality Types Sankon-Zazen-Setsu by Keizan Zenji (translation by YASUDA & ANZAN, with some adjustments from Masunaga and Kennett) In traditional Buddhist descriptions, there the three levels of capacity that Buddhist practitioners exhibit (sankon 三根; Sk. trīṇi indriyāṇi): dull (donkon 鈍根), middling (chūkon 中根; Sk. madhya indriya), and sharp (rikon 利根; Sk. tīskṣṇa indriya) capacities. These are three different capacities that Buddhist practitioners

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July 2015 Talk - Why Zen Folks Fail - Part 5

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2015/07/23

So many Zen students think that the longer they sit the better. They believe 10 years surpasses 10 months or 10 days, which must be better than 10 hours, which is better than 10 minutes or seconds. They treat Zazen like a taxi meter or points to rack up, the more they sit the closer they are to the goal. They equate more and more sitting with going deeper and deeper, or becoming more and more peaceful, or more and more "Buddha-like", or more and more "enlightened". However, Zazen only truly hits

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