#Maezumi Roshi

[buddhismnow]

Wu Wei, You Can’t do it Wrong by John Aske

Wu Wei, You Can’t do it Wrong: Meditation is not what you do, it’s what you are. By John Aske http://wp.me/pFy3u-3IF

Wu Wei, You Can’t do it Wrong:Meditation is not what you do, it’s what you are. When we walk, we just walk. When we breathe, we just breathe. But when we start to do or learn something new, things change. Suddenly there is something to learn and there is a Me to learn it, and a gap opens up between the two. Our discriminating mind likes to create categories when it can. It sets up standards:…

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[lunamagicablu]

Abbi fiducia in te stesso. Non in quello che pensi che dovresti essere, ma in quello che sei veramente. Maezumi Roshi art by_opheliawould ***************** Have faith in yourself. Not in what you think you should be, but in what you really are. Maezumi Roshi art by_opheliawould 

[radical-revolution]

“Have good trust in yourself… not in the One that you think you should be, but in the One that you are.”

– Maezumi Roshi

[errantabbot]

130 Years of Zen in America

On this day in 1893 the World’s Parliament of Religions opened in Chicago. A subsidiary effort of the World’s Colombian Exposition (aka the “Chicago World’s Fair”), the Parliament was organized in large part part by the Swedenborgian layman Charles C. Bonney.

Among other things, the Parliament served as a substantial introduction of Eastern religion and philosophy to the west, with Swami Vivekananda offering a powerful address as a member of what he’d call one of the world’s “oldest orders of monks,” as a representative of the Hindu Vedanta tradition, introducing the dharmic traditions to America for the first time.

Importantly for me, and many of my colleagues, this event 130 years ago today also served as the formal date of introduction of the Zen Buddhist tradition to the West with “the Right Reverend Abbot” Soyen Shaku contributing as a representative of the Rinzai school (Soyen would return to America in 1905 and introduce the practice of koan zen to the west, with the teaching of Mrs. Alexander Russell). The Soto school would not formally land on American shores until the arrival of the Reverend Hosen Isobe in the early 1920’s, followed by Soyu Matsuoka Roshi in 1930, Taizan Maezumi Roshi in 1956, and Shunryu Suzuki Roshi in 1959.

Despite the socio-religious associated heinous events that would occur on September 11th 2001, 108 years later, the World’s Parliament of Religion served as an early vision of how the world could be, should we take time to see and hear one another instead of resigning to othering those who look or think differently than we do.

~Sunyananda

[the-path-of-zen]

Is Zazen a Zen practice?

So, I have done some investigation into the Japanese "Zazen" practice. What is very interesting is that Gudo Wafu Nishijima, who is an early translator of Dogen, cites that Japanese monks did not 'Sit Zazen' till after Bendowa was found in the 17th century tucked away in a Kyoto temple. As for the authenticity of Bendowa, a manuscript claimed to be written by Dogen that praise Zazen, it is speculated that it is a forgery.

However, this document combined with the Meiji Reformation reforms, that effectively ended Buddhism in Japan and outlawed monks and samurai, lead to this 'still sitting' cult-like view of Zen that has no historical context or backing in Ch'an or the Mahayana.

in 1863 the Japanese hereditary lineages where founded. In this, the title Zen Master can only be passed on to genetic heirs, children of the Zen master. This tradition continues today and for the forseeable futrue.

Lineage in the west is a continuation of those Japanese Families though through a more 'Mafia' style in which individuals swear an oath and alligance to the Japanese family -- The Hakuyu Taizan Maezumi Roshi Lineage, or the Shunryu Suzuki Lineage, or the Deshimaru Lineage. All of these Lineages only go back to the 18th century at best, some only existing since 1954. Zen in Japan is only known as a funerary religion, and is supported by local families who store the ashes of deceased relatives in the temples for a modest fee.

Western Zen students are ignornat of this, and get bamboosled by slick talking Zen Center Roshis that they are learning from a Lineage that goes back 2500 years to the Buddha himself. that is totally made-up religious fiction that has been proven academicly to be totally false.

Further, Zen students are pushed into a belief that overides logic and common sense.

If there was a posture, mind-set, and forms that would bring mystical powers and enlightenment, then...

This would be instituted far and wide, scientifically validated, enshrined in academic and scholarly universities, packaged and sold commercially, and become a bedrock foundation for all societies.

Logic, reason and, common sense is not seemingly part of the Western Zen landscape.

Magical postures and chanting is up there with magical thinking -- "step on a crack, break your mothers back".

Zen is a sub-School of Mahayanism that teaches the Empty View in which Ultimate Reality is revealed, and thus enlightenment understood. Enlightenment is sort of the pre-cursor to the Eightfold path, what the Sidhartha Buddha taught as the way out of suffering.

Slick taking Western Zen Center Roshis need to sell you Zazen, so you will purchase 'Zen experience retreats' from them and pay rent for the spot you sit in at the Zendo. They keep this scam running as long as there are new people to con, because most people who they bamboozle like this leave after a few years (average is 12 years) no better than when they started.

Many in this SubReddit have found out for themselves what I am saying and have turned to the Recorded Sayings and actions of the Zen Masters for the teachings, not the slick talking Zen Center Roshis.

[tsultrimpawo]

Nirvana Right Now Maybe we think that nirvana is a place where there are no problems, no more delusions. Maybe we think nirvana is something very beautiful, something unattainable. We always think nirvana is something very different from our own life. But we must really understand that it is right here, right now. — Maezumi Roshi, “Appreciate Your Life” (at New Haven Zen Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/CljFqS9LVEs/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[mongeyakusan]

Como dizia Maezumi Roshi, aprecie sua vida #zen #zazen #sotoshu #bodhicitta #despertar #mentedesperta #buddhism #budismo #zenbuddhism #zenbudismo #pazinterior #meditação #sotoshu_official #autoconhecimento #sabedoria #compaixão #espiritualidade #sotozen #monjacoen #budismoengajado #yakusan #mongeyakusan #omédicoeomonge https://www.instagram.com/p/Cd3QqJouBNP/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[true-person-of-no-rank]

[squirrelspidersquotations]

"Use your smile to change the world. Don't let the world change your smile." Anonymous

"Find a heart that will love you at your worst, and arms that will hold you at your weakest." Anonymous

"The simplest acts of kindness are by far more powerful than a thousand heads bowing in prayer. " Mahatma Gandhi

"Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving." Terry Pratchett

"The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less." Socrates

"Eternity is not the hereafter ... this is it. If you don't get it here you won't get it anywhere." Joseph Campbell

"All things appear and disappear because of the concurrence of causes and conditions. Nothing ever exists entirely alone; everything is in relation to everything else." Buddha

"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle." Plato

"Trust in yourself ... not in the one that you think you should be, but in the one that you are." Maezumi Roshi

"The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions; they cease to be mind." Friedrich Nietzsche

"The strangest and most fantastic fact about negative emotions is that people actually worship them." P.D. Ouspensky

"One often meets his destiny on the road he takes to avoid it." French proverb

[cobotis]

In studying ourselves, we find the harmony that is our total existence... We do not make harmony. We do not achieve it or gain it. It is there all the time... Here we are, in the midst of this perfect way... and our practice is simply to realize it and then to actualize it in our everyday life...

Maezumi Roshi

[buddhismnow]

Afternoon meditation — Awakening is the very core of the Buddha's teaching.

Afternoon meditation — Awakening is the very core of the Buddha's teaching. https://wp.me/pFy3u-8i1

‘Awakening is the very core of the Buddha’s teaching, but if we’re thinking about awakening we’re separating ourselves from it.’ Taizan Maezumi Roshi Trees against the sky. On our Twitter account, Buddhism Now @Buddhism_Now, most mornings we post a ‘morning meditation’ like the one above. On the net, of course, it’s morning, afternoon, evening, or nighttime 😀 somewhere. Click here to read…

[gardenofthefareast]

Like each breath, your life constantly appears and disappears. The late Taizan Maezumi Roshi teaches how to do the profound practice of breathing. The Dharma of Breathing

[lunamagicablu]

Abbi fiducia in te stesso. Non in quello che pensi che dovresti essere, ma in quello che sei veramente. Maezumi Roshi art by James Steinberg **************** Trust yourself. Not in what you think you should be, but in who you really are. Maezumi Roshi art by James Steinberg

[radical-revolution]

Monday metta

"Have good trust in yourself… not in the one that you think you should be, but in the One that you are.”

~ Taizan Maezumi Roshi

[ragazzoarcano]

“Abbi una grande fiducia in te stesso, non di quello che tu pensi dovresti essere, ma di quello che sei.”

— Taizan Maezumi Roshi