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November	The
The	first
first	church
church	of
of	Zen
Zen	I
I	sometimes
sometimes	think
think	American
American	Zen
Zen	centers
centers	are
are	becoming
becoming	more
more	like
like	Christian
Christian	churches
churches	There
There	is
is	the
the	flock
flock	otherwise
otherwise	called
called	the
the	Sangha
Sangha	and
and	the
the	minister
minister	the
the	Zen
Zen	master
master	wearing
wearing	his
his	twenty
twenty	pounds
pounds	of
of	robes
robes	who
who	leads
leads	his
his	flock
flock	in
in	chanting
chanting	the
the	Heart
Heart	Sutra
Sutra	and
and	doing
doing	shikantaza
shikantaza	lit
lit	just
just	sitting
sitting	The
The	only
only	book
book	the
the	Zen
Zen	master
master	reveres
reveres	is
is	Dogen
Dogen	Zenji
Zenji	s
s	Shobogenzo
Shobogenzo	lit
lit	Treasury
Treasury	of
of	the
the	True
True	Dharma
Dharma	Eye
Eye	We
We	can
can	think
think	of
of	it
it	as
as	the
the	New
New	Testament
Testament	of
of	Zen
Zen	not
not	Old
Old	Testament
Testament	Zen
Zen	the
the	sources
sources	for
for	which
which	are
are	mainly
mainly	Chinese
Chinese	and
and	Indian
Indian	The
The	only
only	sacrament
sacrament	is
is	doing
doing	shikantaza
shikantaza	always
always	remembering
remembering	that
that	practice
practice	and
and	Buddhahood
Buddhahood	are
are	one
one	and
and	the
the	same
same	thing
thing	Each
Each	parishioner
parishioner	is
is	instructed
instructed	to
to	do
do	shikantaza
shikantaza	as
as	mindlessly
mindlessly	as
as	they
they	can
can	manage
manage	in
in	other
other	words
words	do
do	not
not	use
use	the
the	frontal
frontal	lobe
lobe	which
which	by
by	the
the	way
way	is
is	an
an	important
important	part
part	of
of	the
the	brain
brain	noted
noted	for
for	such
such	executive
executive	functions
functions	as
as	suppressing
suppressing	unacceptable
unacceptable	social
social	behavior
behavior	recognizing
recognizing	future
future	consequences
consequences	and
and	choosing
choosing	between
between	wholesome
wholesome	and
and	unwholesome
unwholesome	actions
actions	to
to	name
name	just
just	a
a	few
few	The
The	more
more	a
a	Zen
Zen	parishioner
parishioner	does
does	shikantaza
shikantaza	the
the	more
more	Buddha
Buddha	they
they	become
become	If
If	a
a	person
person	can
can	manage
manage	to
to	do
do	shikantaza
shikantaza	for
for	only
only	ten
ten	minutes
minutes	before
before	their
their	back
back	gives
gives	out
out	that
that	is
is	ten
ten	minutes
minutes	of
of	Buddhahood
Buddhahood	Faith
Faith	in
in	the
the	efficacy
efficacy	of
of	shikantaza
shikantaza	to
to	make
make	us
us	Buddhas
Buddhas	just
just	by
by	sitting
sitting	I
I	can
can	t
t	stress
stress	enough
enough	is
is	as
as	important
important	to
to	Zen
Zen	as
as	the
the	Nicene
Nicene	Creed
Creed	is
is	to
to	Christianity
Christianity	which
which	still
still	serves
serves	to
to	this
this	day
day	as
as	a
a	measuring
measuring	rod
rod	of
of	orthodox
orthodox	faith
faith	which
which	incidentally
incidentally	pretty
pretty	much
much	rubbed
rubbed	out
out	the
the	mystical
mystical	side
side	of
of	Christianity
Christianity	One
One	of
of	the
the	great
great	Saints
Saints	of
of	the
the	modern
modern	Zen
Zen	church
church	Zen
Zen	master
master	Dainin
Dainin	Katagiri
Katagiri	helps
helps	us
us	to
to	see
see	where
where	the
the	new
new	Zen
Zen	church
church	with
with	its
its	New
New	Testament
Testament	are
are	heading
heading	Pay
Pay	careful
careful	attention
attention	to
to	his
his	words
words	Katagiri
Katagiri	seems
seems	to
to	be
be	suggesting
suggesting	that
that	the
the	Buddha
Buddha	s
s	words
words	are
are	not
not	to
to	be
be	believed
believed	completely
completely	lest
lest	we
we	fall
fall	into
into	the
the	trap
trap	of
of	mysticism
mysticism	Italics
Italics	are
are	mine
mine	Buddhist
Buddhist	faith
faith	includes
includes	understanding
understanding	practice
practice	and
and	realization
realization	It
It	is
is	not
not	a
a	belief
belief	it
it	is
is	not
not	something
something	that
that	seems
seems	to
to	be
be	true
true	mentioned
mentioned	by
by	somebody
somebody	else
else	Dogen
Dogen	Zenji
Zenji	warns
warns	us
us	not
not	to
to	believe
believe	Buddha
Buddha	s
s	or
or	the
the	ancestors
ancestors	messages
messages	as
as	the
the	truth
truth	completely
completely	Even
Even	the
the	Buddha
Buddha	and
and	ancestors
ancestors	can
can	make
make	a
a	mistake
mistake	This
This	doesn
doesn	t
t	mean
mean	you
you	should
should	be
be	arrogant
arrogant	and
and	create
create	Buddha
Buddha	s
s	teaching
teaching	as
as	you
you	like
like	We
We	should
should	accept
accept	the
the	Buddha
Buddha	s
s	and
and	ancestor
ancestor	s
s	teachings
teachings	but
but	still
still	keep
keep	our
our	eyes
eyes	open
open	This
This	is
is	very
very	important
important	because
because	it
it	s
s	pretty
pretty	easy
easy	to
to	fall
fall	into
into	the
the	trap
trap	of
of	mysticism
mysticism	there
there	are
are	lots
lots	of
of	things
things	we
we	cannot
cannot	know
know	But
But	if
if	we
we	totally
totally	accept
accept	something
something	we
we	don
don	t
t	know
know	it
it	becomes
becomes	clear
clear	for
for	us
us	This
This	is
is	our
our	practice
practice	faith
faith	is
is	to
to	make
make	the
the	mind
mind	clear
clear	and
and	pure
pure	Katagiri
Katagiri	Returning
Returning	to
to	Silence
Silence	p
p	We
We	can
can	t
t	help
help	but
but	note
note	that
that	when
when	Katagiri
Katagiri	says
says	But
But	if
if	we
we	totally
totally	accept
accept	something
something	we
we	don
don	t
t	know
know	it
it	becomes
becomes	clear
clear	for
for	us
us	his
his	words
words	chime
chime	almost
almost	perfectly
perfectly	with
with	the
the	Christian
Christian	Tertullian
Tertullian	who
who	said
said	It
It	is
is	believable
believable	because
because	it
it	is
is	absurd
absurd	true
true	because
because	it
it	is
is	impossible
impossible	Besides
Besides	other
other	remarkable
remarkable	thoughts
thoughts	by
by	Katagiri
Katagiri	that
that	faith
faith	is
is	not
not	belief
belief	one
one	cannot
cannot	help
help	but
but	be
be	amazed
amazed	that
that	faith
faith	alone
alone	will
will	make
make	the
the	defiled
defiled	mind
mind	clear
clear	and
and	pure
pure	thus
thus	we
we	avoid
avoid	the
the	mystical
mystical	trap
trap	of
of	having
having	to
to	actually
actually	realize
realize	pure
pure	Mind
Mind	We
We	just
just	sit
sit	in
in	other
other	words
words	Faith
Faith	belief
belief	alone
alone	shall
shall	save
save	thee
thee	Posted
Posted	at
at	AM
AM	in
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post	Jundo
Jundo	I
I	think
think	you
you	misunderstand
misunderstand	Shikantaza
Shikantaza	as
as	taught
taught	in
in	modern
modern	japanese
japanese	soto
soto	zen
zen	and
and	the
the	west
west	is
is	unauthentic
unauthentic	crap
crap	as
as	are
are	it
it	s
s	practitioners
practitioners	Try
Try	if
if	you
you	dare
dare	to
to	deeply
deeply	penetrate
penetrate	a
a	real
real	koan
koan	and
and	stop
stop	wasting
wasting	your
your	time
time	Posted
Posted	by
by	James
James	November
November	at
at	PM
PM	Hi
Hi	I
I	think
think	you
you	misunderstand
misunderstand	and
and	mischaracterize
mischaracterize	Shikantaza
Shikantaza	at
at	least
least	as
as	I
I	have
have	ever
ever	found
found	taught
taught	We
We	do
do	not
not	ignore
ignore	the
the	Sutras
Sutras	but
but	bring
bring	them
them	to
to	life
life	on
on	and
and	off
off	the
the	Zafu
Zafu	which
which	has
has	no
no	on
on	or
or	off
off	Seems
Seems	that
that	Katagiri
Katagiri	was
was	saying
saying	that
that	we
we	do
do	not
not	just
just	believe
believe	the
the	Buddha
Buddha	s
s	teachings
teachings	but
but	realize
realize	them
them	realize
realize	as
as	make
make	real
real	bring
bring	to
to	life
life	Don
Don	t
t	need
need	to
to	believe
believe	everything
everything	you
you	read
read	however
however	If
If	you
you	want
want	to
to	argue
argue	that
that	all
all	of
of	the
the	Suttas
Suttas	and
and	Sutras
Sutras	are
are	right
right	while
while	none
none	are
are	wrong
wrong	or
or	at
at	least
least	apply
apply	to
to	some
some	people
people	in
in	some
some	situatons
situatons	not
not	to
to	each
each	and
and	every
every	situation
situation	the
the	ol
ol	Skilful
Skilful	Means
Means	view
view	then
then	why
why	are
are	they
they	filled
filled	with
with	such
such	seemingly
seemingly	contradictory
contradictory	positions
positions	recommendations
recommendations	and
and	statements
statements	Someone
Someone	has
has	to
to	be
be	wrong
wrong	Thus
Thus	in
in	a
a	moment
moment	of
of	Shikantaza
Shikantaza	all
all	such
such	is
is	pierced
pierced	transcended
transcended	revived
revived	made
made	to
to	walk
walk	in
in	the
the	world
world	on
on	solid
solid	ground
ground	We
We	walk
walk	right
right	seek
seek	not
not	to
to	head
head	wrong
wrong	all
all	while
while	right
right	and
and	wrong
wrong	are
are	no
no	longer
longer	the
the	issue
issue	Gassho
Gassho	Jundo
Jundo	Posted
Posted	by
by	Jundo
Jundo	Cohen
Cohen	November
November	at
at	PM
PM	How
How	do
do	you
you	use
use	your
your	frontal
frontal	lobe
lobe	when
when	meditating
meditating	I
I	ask
ask	sincerely
sincerely	Posted
Posted	by
by	Account
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