Jeanne ~ This ‘essay’ was written in appx. 1235, by the founder of a preeminent school of Japanese Zen. His name is Dogen (b. 1200), and the Soto school of Zen flows from his wisdom. The largest Zen community outside Asia is in his lineage, the San Francisco Zen Center (https://www.sfzc.org) and is comprised of Tassajara monastery, the…
Jeanne ~ This ‘essay’ was written in appx. 1235, by the founder of a preeminent school of Japanese Zen. His name is Dogen (b. 1200), and the Soto school of Zen flows from his wisdom. The largest Zen community outside Asia is in his lineage, the San Francisco Zen Center (https://www.sfzc.org) and is comprised of Tassajara monastery, the City Center and Green Gulch. All practice centers are open to the public, at various times. There are many, many teachers, ongoing lectures and videos available.
I have a feeling you would be equally impressed (or perhaps immersed, as am I), with his most famous koan, called the Genjo Koan.
Thank you! I am so intrigued. I have become a firm believer in mindfulness as a practice that can help us, and help my students, get closer to self-mastery. I will follow this link now. 🙏🏼
I so appreciate mindfulness, and know several mental health practitioners who use it personally and as a tool in their practice. This ‘zen thing’ is different, imho, because we tend to explore the nature of reality, like, “who am I?’ when no words measure. But in a perhaps more practical sense, I love the admonition to come back to the breath, and to the body.
Jeanne ~ This ‘essay’ was written in appx. 1235, by the founder of a preeminent school of Japanese Zen. His name is Dogen (b. 1200), and the Soto school of Zen flows from his wisdom. The largest Zen community outside Asia is in his lineage, the San Francisco Zen Center (https://www.sfzc.org) and is comprised of Tassajara monastery, the City Center and Green Gulch. All practice centers are open to the public, at various times. There are many, many teachers, ongoing lectures and videos available.
I have a feeling you would be equally impressed (or perhaps immersed, as am I), with his most famous koan, called the Genjo Koan.
https://www.sfzc.org/files/daily_sutras_Genjo_Koan
(I have to warn you, your perceptions and sensations may forever be heightened 😁
I can tell I will have to read this many times! I may try to make a flow chart. Haha! Thank you.
Thank you! I am so intrigued. I have become a firm believer in mindfulness as a practice that can help us, and help my students, get closer to self-mastery. I will follow this link now. 🙏🏼
I so appreciate mindfulness, and know several mental health practitioners who use it personally and as a tool in their practice. This ‘zen thing’ is different, imho, because we tend to explore the nature of reality, like, “who am I?’ when no words measure. But in a perhaps more practical sense, I love the admonition to come back to the breath, and to the body.
I am astonished at how old the essay and practice are. And I appreciate the differences between mindfulness and zen.