2015年11月11日21:11
About our Zen wayⅠ ≫
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About our Zen wayⅠ
All of the cherry leaves have fallen on the ground in front of the “hondo” (the main building of the temple), Japanese silver grasses are waving in a chilly autumn breeze in the garden. The winter is coming, and the intense training season of “zendo” (temple training for young Zen monks) will soon start. It is the best season to do zazen.
Some days ago under the full moon, I put a cushion on the outside veranda of the main temple building to do zazen..
I just sat being bathed in the moonlight feeling calm and deeply peaceful.
The essential methods of zazen are as follows.
1.“choshin”: to harmonize body posture.
2.“chosoku”: to harmonize breathing.
3.“choshin”: to harmonize mind.
Recently I noticed an important point about “choshin” of body posture. Usually we think that body only means the physical body, but according to Zen Buddhism, the body means not only the physical but also the whole cosmos.
Therefore to harmonize one’s body means also to harmonize with the cosmos. In our daily life, to harmonize with the cosmos means to harmonize our surroundings.
I’m very happy to notice the deep meaning of our Zen way in things such as sweeping, cleaning, to care for people and things with love.
All of the cherry leaves have fallen on the ground in front of the “hondo” (the main building of the temple), Japanese silver grasses are waving in a chilly autumn breeze in the garden. The winter is coming, and the intense training season of “zendo” (temple training for young Zen monks) will soon start. It is the best season to do zazen.
Some days ago under the full moon, I put a cushion on the outside veranda of the main temple building to do zazen..
I just sat being bathed in the moonlight feeling calm and deeply peaceful.
The essential methods of zazen are as follows.
1.“choshin”: to harmonize body posture.
2.“chosoku”: to harmonize breathing.
3.“choshin”: to harmonize mind.
Recently I noticed an important point about “choshin” of body posture. Usually we think that body only means the physical body, but according to Zen Buddhism, the body means not only the physical but also the whole cosmos.
Therefore to harmonize one’s body means also to harmonize with the cosmos. In our daily life, to harmonize with the cosmos means to harmonize our surroundings.
I’m very happy to notice the deep meaning of our Zen way in things such as sweeping, cleaning, to care for people and things with love.
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