Yorktown Zen

Roshi continued our exploration of Dogen’s Shobogenzo this week focusing on the section entitled the “108 Gates of Dharma illumination”. Needless to say, it will take a few weeks to fully explore this part of Dogen’s teaching. For this week, Roshi wanted to provide us with some background on the…

This week Tesshin decided to lecture on case 50 from the master Dogen’s “The True Dharma Eye” collection of 300 koans. Case 50 is titled “Shilou’s Shortcomings” and is provided below: Shilou was once asked by a monastic, “I don’t know the original nature yet.Master, please show me by skillful…

This week we welcomed Roshi back from his travels in Japan. As a special surprise, Roshi led a Hanamatsuri ceremony. In Japan, this is known as the Flower Festival and is normally celebrated on April 8th. The purpose is to celebrate the historical Buddha’s birthday. Each person approaches the alter…

DO NOT CHOOSE THE DEFAULT

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THE POWER OF PRAJNA

CONCENTRATION IS LIFE

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