On Keizan and his ‘Notes on What to Be Aware of in Zazen’
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06/01/2024, Tenzen David Zimmerman, dharma talk at City Center. In this talk, given at Beginner's Mind Temple’s monthly one-day sitting, (this time held at Haight Street Art Center) Abbot David shares highlights of his recent trip to Japan to participate in a memorial ceremony and tour in honor of Keizan Jokin, considered the second of Soto Zen’s two founders (along with Dogen Zenji). After providing some historical background on Keizan, he then introduces the opening sections of Keizan’s ‘Zazen Yojinki’ or ‘Notes on What to Be Aware of in Zazen’, which describes zazen as a way to “clarify the mind-ground and rest at ease in your actual nature.”
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