Entries from 2020-01-01 to 1 year
Hey there, you can move now! My sincere apologies to everyone who is still staring at the wall and waiting for the bell to ring. You are a true buddha. I had breakfast and lunch in the meantime.
How do you keep up proper practice? What is the difference between zazen and meditation? How do focused concentration and open awareness connect? Why do you say that we should stop being mindful? If we all have Buddha nature, where does al…
The meeting starts on Friday at 14:00 Japanese time, 7:00 am Central European Time, Saturday night in America. The home retreat will consist of three times three rounds of daily solitary sitting, from Friday (starts right after the Zoom me…
The meeting will take place on Friday, 7:00 am Central European Time (14:00 Japanese time, Thursday in America). Questions about the "Home Retreat" can be asked to Sebastian at onlinezenretreat@gmail.com Instructions for sitting and invita…
Japanese Fukanzazengi text for study group: https://muhone.hatenablog.com/entry/2020/04/08/135043
English text: http://www.thezensite.com/ZenTeachings/Dogen_Teachings/Shobogenzo_2_NC.pdf (scroll down to "[254] My late teacher Tendo...")Question: "Why am I here?" at 1:24:00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3i3Dn7WM3k&feature=youtu.be&t=…
My Teacher’s House Shinyu Miyaura and the History of Antaiji in Hyogo According to Muho Noelke(by Edward Moore) V – Muho creates Miyaura (6) Edward: We’ve talked a lot of about the shortcomings of teachers. From the student’s perspective, …
My Teacher’s House Shinyu Miyaura and the History of Antaiji in Hyogo According to Muho Noelke(by Edward Moore) V – Muho creates Miyaura (6) Edward: We spoke before about this idea from the Arthur Braverman’s book. That he didn’t want to l…
Q: May I ask a question? In one of your recent videos you said that zazen is truly good for nothing and that nothing has substantially changed for you since your teen ages or the like. Why doing zazen then? Just because there's nothing els…
My Teacher’s House Shinyu Miyaura and the History of Antaiji in Hyogo According to Muho Noelke(by Edward Moore) V – Muho creates Miyaura (5) Edward: When you returned to Antaiji, the chaos was still there. But do you think things made more…
My Teacher’s House Shinyu Miyaura and the History of Antaiji in Hyogo According to Muho Noelke(by Edward Moore) V – Muho creates Miyaura (4) Edward: When did your exchange with Watanabe start, after Hosshinji? Muho: Yes. After Hosshinji, I…
Links to "Eat Sleep Sit": https://terebess.hu/zen/mesterek/NonomuraKaoru.html https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5138505-eat-sleep-sit https://www.amazon.com/Eat-Sleep-Sit-Rigorous-Hardback/dp/B00FBBFITG My Teacher’s House Shinyu Miyaura …
My Teacher’s House Shinyu Miyaura and the History of Antaiji in Hyogo According to Muho Noelke(by Edward Moore) V – Muho creates Miyaura (2) Edward: Why did the older monks reconcile with Miyaura after they left the monastery? Muho: You as…
My Teacher’s House Shinyu Miyaura and the History of Antaiji in Hyogo According to Muho Noelke(by Edward Moore) V – Muho creates Miyaura (1) In 1990, while studying at Kyoto University, Muho first stayed at Antaiji for six months. Aged 22,…