Dear LJ,

I suppose I feel like processing a bit. Here goes:

I'm a little addicted to this video

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Probably because it's cheerful yet soothing. That chanty monotone I suppose. And then there's the sutra whose meaning is the subject of some thought lately ( Read more... )

Koans are jacked up stories or questions that don't make any sense --until they do.

The first in most courses of study is Mu. It goes a little something like this:

A monk asked Zhaozhou, "Does a dog have Buddha nature or not?" Zhaozhou said, "Mu".This koan has been pissing me off for 6 months. The question of the dog having Buddha nature or ( Read more... )

from broken koansOne afternoon a student said "Roshi, I don't really understand what's going on. I mean, we sit in zazen and we gassho to each other and everything, and Felicia got enlightened when the bottom fell out of her water-bucket, and Todd got enlightened when you popped him one with your staff, and people work on koans and get enlightened ( Read more... )