Dogs’ Life

On Sunday, my son and I were with Bodhi (middle right) and our neighbors’ lab when we came upon four more. Looking at it tonight, I’m reminded of my life this week – lots of dogs off leash.  

Speaking of dogs, sesshin starts on Friday night. The focus will be a bit or two of Dogen’s Extensive Record on thinking. Like this:  

Our thinking during immovable sitting circles the earth; our boundless karmic consciousness fills the heavens. Although this is so, do you want to understand the key to the gateway of going beyond?  

After a pause [Dogen] said: In the morning hitting three thousand, in the evening eight hundred, if you truly get the inner workings, never mistakenly circulate it.