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<\/a><\/div>\nI\u2019m off to Anchorage for the weekend in a little bit and am leaving you, dear reader,\u00a0 something to play with \u2013 same thing in brief that we\u2019ll be investigating with delight this weekend \u2013 the koan of zazen. Here\u2019s how Katagiri Roshi put it:<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n I often emphasize that zazen is a koan we have to digest in our whole life. Zazen is not the simple issue you have thought. \u201cSimple issue you have thought\u201d means you usually think zazen is a means to discover peace. At that time, you never have the great opportunity to digest zazen exactly in your life\u2026.If you misunderstand zazen you misunderstand Buddhism<\/a>. Even though it is difficult, you have to practice zazen in the appropriate way. That\u2019s why Dogen-zenji wrote ninety-five fascicles of Shobogenzo, explaining the meaning of zazen, the quality of zazen, the significance of zazen.<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n I\u2019m off to Anchorage for the weekend in a little bit and am leaving you, dear reader,\u00a0 something to play with \u2013 same thing in brief that we\u2019ll be investigating with delight this weekend \u2013 the koan of zazen. Here\u2019s how Katagiri Roshi put it:\u00a0 I often emphasize that zazen is a koan we have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":182,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n