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Temple visit: 14-16 April 2012
Sorry things have been rather quiet around here of late. I will have university holidays from June and, although I’ll still be working a day-job, there will hopefully be more time to post. I spent the weekend down at the temple, my first visit in six weeks or so. In one respect the temple was [...]
Zazen Notes #15
Two weeks ago I stayed at the temple for a couple of days and had a really good time talking to Dharma friends, practicing otsutome and helping to plan various future events. The highlight of the weekend was meeting one particular person in the realm of mom, rather than momjit (to borrow the terminology of my current [...]
Ofumi Readings in English
From Friday evening to Sunday afternoon I attended a retreat at the Jōdo Shinshū temple which some of us who blog here attend. It was only the fifth such retreat to be held and was generally very successful, although there is always much to learn about the organisation of such events both at a communal and personal level. A [...]
Otsutome Page
Just a note to say that I’ve updated the Otsutome page. There you will find almost everything you need to make a start at performing your daily services to the Buddha. One thing still lacking is a version of the liturgy with tonal notation but I’m working on that.
Falling Without Falling
Yesterday chanting ‘Shoshinge’ during evening devotions my attitude was wrong somehow and so the cadence of the syllables, the candlelight and scent of incense conspired to bring a myriad pleasurable memories of doing otsutome pouring into my mind. Of course memories aren’t inherently good or bad but these felt like I was feeding an attachment [...]
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