Well yesterday evening at the weekly meeting of the Wild Goose sangha for Zazen we ended with our celebration for the beginning of this time of extra attention to our Zen practice. It was a lovely evening and we had the names of the 15 people who had indicted that they would participate in the Ango solemnly read out from a scroll which was then placed on the altar where it will reside during our Sitting over the next 6 weeks. We ended the evening with a tea ceremony which really did give a good conclusion to the whole evening especially as the weather outside was pretty nasty with snow, rain and fog!
A couple of days ago I was sent the URL of a video made by Ruben Habito in dallas who was my first Zen teacher. It is very goo and called "the three fruits of Zen" Check it out friends
http://bdyoutube.com/video/o-LhjW3jY7M/The-Fruits-of-Zen-Practice.html
About Me
- Patrick Eastman
- My Zen name is Kundo and I am a Sensei (Zen teacher) in White Plum Asangha
2 comments:
Sensei
Could you explain how people intensify their practice in Ango. What do they actually do or stop doing?
Devonpaul
Paul I think you probably realisde that the best way to intensify your practice is to spend more time each day sitting Zazen Sitting Zazen ias absoluety essential and the more we do the more progress we make . It's just like go to the gym for building muscles the more you do it the quicker and stronger the muscles get.
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