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Rule Index

Legend:

Pārājika — Rules entailing expulsion from the Sangha (Defeat)
Saṅghādisesa — Rules entailing an initial and subsequent meeting of the Sangha
Aniyata — Indefinite rules
Nissaggiya Pācittiya — Rules entailing forfeiture and confession
Pācittiya — Rules entailing confession
Pāṭidesanīya — Rules entailing acknowledgement

Chanting

Index

Morning
Evening
Reflections
Contemplation of the Body
Refuge
Discourses

Chanting

The Four Dhamma Summaries

1	3	1	3	1	3
The	world	is	swept	a-	way.

4	3	1	3	2	5

Project odds

Table

Probability	Odds	Won from 1	Return on 1	To win 100
95%	19:1 on	1/19	1.05	1901
90%	9:1 on	1/9	1.11	900
80%	4:1 on	1/4	1.25	400
70%	7:3 on	3/7	1.43	233
60%	3:2 on	2/3	1.67	150

Is Zazen Really Zen? Did Dogen Invent the Whole Thing? Did He Really Go to China?

Published by Brad on March 20, 2014

I did a thing on Reddit recently. I’m not sure if it qualified as a true AMA (Ask Me Anything) or not since I didn’t do it live. Well… I was alive when I did it. But I didn’t answer people live on the Internets. You can see the whole thing here.

ANYWAY, one of the questions I got there really puzzled me. The question went: “Suppose a person denotes your lineage and your teacher as Buddhism unrelated to Zen, because there are several quotations from Zen patriarchs denouncing seated meditation. Would you be fine admitting that your lineage has moved away from Zen and if not, how would you respond?”

So I replied, “I do not know of any quotations from Zen patriarchs denouncing seated meditation. That wouldn’t make any sense! The very word zazen (座禅）means ‘seated meditation.’ Za (座) means “to sit” and zen (禅) is the Japa

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