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Garden pathways along the grounds of Ginkakuji Temple (銀閣寺) in Kyoto

Image from the temple’s official website

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A Not-So Brief History of Zen and Samurai

There is a persistent image in the West of samurai being adherents of Zen, that the “way of the warrior” (bushido)1 and Zen are somehow one and the same. One can imagine a samurai who has practiced swordsmanship to a finely honed skill, meditating under a waterfall, and writing Zen-like deathbed poetry before preparing to throw away their life in battle. In my first visit to Ryoanji temple…

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20230604 Eihoji 8 by Bong Grit Via Flickr: 宝寿院裏の合掌バージョン飛び出し坊や。 @Eihoji temple, Tajimi city, Gifu pref. （岐阜県多治見市 虎渓山永保寺）

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Zen Buddhism in Japan

Three Main Schools of Zen

There are three main traditional schools of Zen in Japan, each with its own background and specificities. The Soto Sect Soto is the largest of the sects. Historically practiced by the lower classes, artists, and poets, the Soto sect emphasizes the practice of sitting meditation known as zazen. Practitioners face a wall or a curtain during this meditation. The Rinzai School Traditionally practiced by the samurai caste, the Rinzai School include the presence of Koan, a kind of short and paradoxical sentence that cannot be solved intellectually. However, those are usually introduced only after good posture and concentration were achieved during the seated meditation. The Obaku Sect The smallest of the sects, the Obaku sect was formed by a small group made up of Buddhist masters from China and Japanese students at the Manpuku Temple (Manpuku-ji). To this day, those in the Obaku sect continue to chant sutras in the Chinese language.

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All You Can do is Drop Your Mind - Osho

All You Can do is Drop Your Mind – Osho

Maneesha, the way of Zen requires certain conditions to be fulfilled. They are not the conditions that other religions require; they are the conditions of receptivity, of awareness, of listening, of an understanding of the wordless, a deep penetration into silence. No other religion asks you these things. They want you to be virtuous, to be moral, not to indulge in adultery. Their requirements…

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Eles são como cabras bisbilhotando

Os estudantes de hoje não conhecem a verdade. Eles são como cabras bisbilhotando, levando para a boca tudo o que encontram. Eles não conseguem distinguir o servo do mestre, o convidado do anfitrião.Pessoas assim entram no caminho com a atitude errada; eles não podem entrar em situações barulhentas, mas se autodenominam renunciantes genuínos. Na verdade, eles são realmente mundanos. Lin…

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Master Rinzai reveals the true nature of a shit-stick

With Zen, it is easy to take on many 'views of Zen' and think to yourself, "This is Zen" up to the point when that view reveals itself to 'yet be another delusion', then you are off to the next view of Zen! Hahaha...

One day Zen Master Rinzai (Ch. Lin-chi) said, “There is a true man of no rank in the mass of naked flesh , who goes in and out from your facial features. Those who have not yet testified, look, look!”

A monk came forward and said, “Who is this true man of no rank?”

Master Rinzai came down from his seat, grabbed the monk by the throat and said, “Speak! Speak!”

The monk hesitated.

Master Rinzai let go and said, “What a worthless shit-stick this true man of no rank is!”

Having had a stroke a while back, I was robbed of my speech for a while. It was amazing for me to realize how much of my own Identity, the view of myself, I carry with my ability to speak as well as to hear myself speak. The old saying "Like to hear oneself talk" speaks to the self-absorbed and self-important in one's speech, without having much or any regard for those to whom one is talking.

I was also robbed of using my right hand as well, so my writing and typing became greatly diminished - thus my ability to become self-indulgent, in pleasing and entertaining myself was also taken.

Though others may panic at such a plight, I was actually fascinated by this. For how easy it was to flow into ones own speech and writings in creating this 'View of oneself' that can be eradicated in a moment! HA!

You see, this mortal body, this shit-stick, is just liken to an instrument that is played by ones' very essence (spirit/soul). When one cast the body aside, one sees how worthless it is without the essence that animates it!

As for that essence inside each of us? What is that, and where was it before this body was born, and where does it go after this body is cast aside? That is the mystery for you to discover and reveal to yourself.

This is The path of Zen. All the Zen masters of old speak to this mystery, all of them implore you to give up your views, your ranks, your positions and, your own thoughts - to 'Take the backwards Step' and see the instrument upon you call 'yourself' and to if for 10th of a second to see the mystery of your own essence for yourself thus lighting the lamp (enlightenment).

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A statue of a Tengu (天狗) along the path up to the Hansōbō (半僧坊), the shrine of the local protective deity of Kenchōji Temple (建長寺) in Kamakura established on the temple grounds in 1890

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Dharani for the Prevention of Disaster

The dharani below is the Dharani for the Prevention of Calamity, or shōsaishu (消災呪), called more formally the shōsaimyōkichijō darani (消災妙吉祥陀羅尼). It is used in both Rinzai and Soto Zen traditions as a general-protection “spell”.1 I assume the intention is to protect the Zen disciple so that they can reduce obstructions on their path, similar to prayers to the Medicine Buddha in other…

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20230604 Eihoji 6 by Bong Grit Via Flickr: 保寿院さんの山門は朱塗りのうえに天女が描かれてます。 @Eihoji temple, Tajimi city, Gifu pref. （岐阜県多治見市 虎渓山永保寺）

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A bug’s eye view of the newly sanded and buffed wood flooring of the #kyudo dojo at #chozenji. Behold those magnificent wood grain patterns. #zen #zazen #rinzai (at Chozen-Ji) https://www.instagram.com/p/CecE4hCv6hd/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Morning Meditaton — Because you've little faith.

Morning Meditaton — Because you've little faith. https://wp.me/pFy3u-8xV

‘Followers of the way, because you’ve little faith, you run about seeking your head which you think you’ve lost.’ Zen Master Rinzai Tulips. 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 more Morning Meditation…

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The Master of the Shouts - Osho

The Master of the Shouts – Osho

A little note about Rinzai, master of the irrational. Rinzai, also known as Lin-Chi, was born in the early ninth century and was to become the founder of one of the most significant schools of Zen. Brilliant as a child, later, when Rinzai became a priest, he studied the sutras and scriptures. Realizing the answer did not lie within them, he went on pilgrimage, visiting Obaku and Daigu, two great…