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Tag archives: Dogen

Limitless – Kusen collaboration

John Fraser’s Kusen No. 197 “A teacher and his student were standing by the shore. In the distance was a boat. The teacher said to the student ‘forgetting about your …

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11 May, 201822 June, 2020Posted inArt & BuddhismTags: Dogen, John Fraser, Kusen collaboration, Soto Zen

Reworking Dogen’s white mountain poem from Sanshodoei

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From the Sanshodoei poems, I have been working on the English translations with John Fraser – 我庵は こしのしらやま 冬ごもり 凍もゆきも くもかかりけり waga iho wa koshi no shirayama fuyugomori kouri mo …

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1 March, 201825 November, 2019Posted inArt & BuddhismTags: Dogen, Poetry, Soto Zen, Waka

Waves breaking through light – Kusen collaboration

John Fraser’s Kusen Master Dogen’s poem ‘Zazen Practice’: The moon mirroredBy a mind freeOf all distractions;Even the waves, breaking,Are reflecting its light We have a primitive idea what a symbol …

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1 March, 201822 June, 2020Posted inArt & BuddhismTags: Dogen, Kusen collaboration, photography, Poetry

Windswept Carn an Tuirc and Glas Maol

waga iho wakoshi no shirayamafuyugomorikouri mo yuki mokumo kakari keri my Koshiwhite mountaincozy winter denice and snowoverlaid by clouds Eihei Dogen The voice of the valley is endlessly preaching.The colour …

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1 December, 201530 July, 2019Posted inArt & BuddhismTags: Dogen, Poetry

Smeared Across Time – Kusen Collaboration with John Fraser

John’s Kusen Poetry Dogen’s ‘Everyday Life’ [adapted] On Unseen MountainA scarecrow isNot in vain Commentary: The scarecrow standing over a small rice paddy would often be dressed in black, like …

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27 January, 201522 June, 2020Posted inArt & BuddhismTags: Dogen, drawing & painting, John Fraser, Kusen collaboration, Soto Zen

Space, Earth and Sky – Kusen collaboration with John Fraser

John’s Kusen We can talk of our practice and life in terms of form and emptiness, or delusion and enlightenment. We can also talk of both in terms of ground …

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14 March, 201422 June, 2020Posted inArt & BuddhismTags: Dogen, John Fraser, Kusen collaboration, Soto Zen

Mountain Still Still – Kusen collaboration with John Fraser

John’s Kusen We are told that we should sit like a mountain. Zazen is described as the still-still state, the mountain – still state. The mountain is the ground made …

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14 March, 201422 June, 2020Posted inArt & BuddhismTags: Dogen, John Fraser, Soto Zen

Myriad – Kusen collaboration with John Fraser

John’s Kusen A principal way in which we maintain ourselves in delusion is imagining that our life and practice should be something other than it is. We locate delusion in …

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14 March, 201422 June, 2020Posted inArt & BuddhismTags: Dogen, John Fraser, Soto Zen

A million fragments unfragmented – Zen Master Dogen’s mirror koan

Koan from The Shinji Shobogenzo, Book 3, Case 19When Master Kyozan Ejaku was master of Tohei Temple, Master Isan Reiyu sent him a letter along with a mirror. The package …

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5 December, 201322 June, 2020Posted inArt & BuddhismTags: Dogen, John Fraser, Soto Zen

Lightness and Darkness – notes on a Koan conversation between Ungan and Dogo

14 June, 201330 July, 2019Posted inArt & BuddhismTags: Dogen, Soto Zen

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