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  1. existenz

    Meditation

    I'm still a beginner in zazen myself. Sounds very much like what I do, except I only count on the exhale. (After some practice, I found that works better for me.) Sometimes though the counting can become very automatic...I have found myself going through 1-10 twice while having strayed off...
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    Hi all!

    Thanks to all for the warm welcome. I'm really glad to have found the forum! :)
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    Hi all!

    Glad to be here. Given our similar backgrounds and having seen some of your comments, I bet we could have an interesting talk!
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    Can I find a casual instructor of Japanese Soto Zen here?

    But you are doing zazen, right? Dogen and others in the Soto tradition boil it down to that...you must sit. In the Fukanzazengi Dogen said: "Hence, you should stop searching for phrases and chasing after words. Take the backward step and turn the light inward. Your body-mind of itself...
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    Hi all!

    Glad to find Religious Forums. I'm a former evangelical Christian who was finally overtaken by his natural skepticism. I became a Christian at 25, after marrying my "preacher's kid" wife. I was a youth/college group leader and church elder, and I studied in a Reformed seminary. After 20 years...
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    autopantheism

    Gjallarhorn: Who is that?
  7. existenz

    Japanese Soto Zen and understanding the Dharma

    I'm sorry, I don't understand what you're trying to say. Are you referring to the facts that Dogen died ~750 years ago and wrote in "medieval" Japanese? And that any interpretation into English would necessarily be problematic?
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    Japanese Soto Zen and understanding the Dharma

    Love it. This sums up what drew me to Soto Zen.
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    Japanese Soto Zen and understanding the Dharma

    I'm a SZ noob, and i agree with DreadFish that the Fukanzazengi lays it out well. But when i first read Dogen (just a few months ago) i had no idea what the heck he was saying (and still don't w/o assistance!) :confused: Then I found a weekly Skype study group originating out of the Atlanta...
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