Wild Fox Zen https://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildfoxzen Living the Dream Mon, 07 Aug 2023 16:13:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.1 Throw Yourself Into the House of Buddha: The Life and Zen Teaching of Tangen Harada Roshi https://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildfoxzen/2023/08/throw-yourself-into-the-house-of-buddha-the-life-and-zen-teaching-of-tangen-harada-roshi.html https://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildfoxzen/2023/08/throw-yourself-into-the-house-of-buddha-the-life-and-zen-teaching-of-tangen-harada-roshi.html#respond Mon, 07 Aug 2023 16:13:09 +0000 https://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildfoxzen/?p=12164 https://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildfoxzen/2023/08/throw-yourself-into-the-house-of-buddha-the-life-and-zen-teaching-of-tangen-harada-roshi.html/feed 0 New Vine Ghost Site for Dosho’s Creative Endeavors (and other things) https://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildfoxzen/2023/07/new-vine-ghost-site-for-doshos-creative-endeavors-and-other-things.html https://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildfoxzen/2023/07/new-vine-ghost-site-for-doshos-creative-endeavors-and-other-things.html#respond Sat, 29 Jul 2023 14:00:44 +0000 https://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildfoxzen/?p=12074 https://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildfoxzen/2023/07/new-vine-ghost-site-for-doshos-creative-endeavors-and-other-things.html/feed 0 Gnawing Through Qiánfēng’s Three Illnesses and Two Lights https://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildfoxzen/2023/07/gnawing-through-qianfengs-three-illnesses-and-two-lights.html https://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildfoxzen/2023/07/gnawing-through-qianfengs-three-illnesses-and-two-lights.html#respond Wed, 19 Jul 2023 13:04:31 +0000 https://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildfoxzen/?p=12011 https://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildfoxzen/2023/07/gnawing-through-qianfengs-three-illnesses-and-two-lights.html/feed 0 “Why, Oh Why, Is My Practice Not Progressing?” https://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildfoxzen/2023/06/why-oh-why-is-my-practice-not-progressing.html https://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildfoxzen/2023/06/why-oh-why-is-my-practice-not-progressing.html#respond Thu, 29 Jun 2023 14:54:45 +0000 https://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildfoxzen/?p=11972 https://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildfoxzen/2023/06/why-oh-why-is-my-practice-not-progressing.html/feed 0 Messing With Yasutani Roshi Again and Again: Don’t Sit Down in the World of Awakening https://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildfoxzen/2023/05/messing-with-yasutani-roshi-again-and-again-dont-sit-down-in-the-world-of-awakening.html https://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildfoxzen/2023/05/messing-with-yasutani-roshi-again-and-again-dont-sit-down-in-the-world-of-awakening.html#respond Wed, 31 May 2023 15:15:23 +0000 https://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildfoxzen/?p=11946 https://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildfoxzen/2023/05/messing-with-yasutani-roshi-again-and-again-dont-sit-down-in-the-world-of-awakening.html/feed 0 The Vigorous Nature of Zen Work https://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildfoxzen/2023/05/the-vigorous-nature-of-zen-work.html https://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildfoxzen/2023/05/the-vigorous-nature-of-zen-work.html#respond Tue, 23 May 2023 14:00:09 +0000 https://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildfoxzen/?p=11928 https://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildfoxzen/2023/05/the-vigorous-nature-of-zen-work.html/feed 0 Yunmen’s Sound and Color https://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildfoxzen/2023/05/yunmens-sound-and-color.html https://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildfoxzen/2023/05/yunmens-sound-and-color.html#respond Tue, 09 May 2023 18:19:04 +0000 https://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildfoxzen/?p=11898 https://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildfoxzen/2023/05/yunmens-sound-and-color.html/feed 0 What is the Heart of Zen? Reflections on the Transmission of Luminosity https://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildfoxzen/2023/04/what-is-the-heart-of-zen-reflections-on-the-transmission-of-luminosity.html https://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildfoxzen/2023/04/what-is-the-heart-of-zen-reflections-on-the-transmission-of-luminosity.html#respond Mon, 24 Apr 2023 13:59:47 +0000 https://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildfoxzen/?p=11868 https://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildfoxzen/2023/04/what-is-the-heart-of-zen-reflections-on-the-transmission-of-luminosity.html/feed 0 A Black Lacquer Person Runs Through the Night: The Sudden Awakening of Keizan Jokin https://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildfoxzen/2023/04/a-black-lacquer-person-runs-through-the-night-the-sudden-awakening-of-keizan-jokin.html https://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildfoxzen/2023/04/a-black-lacquer-person-runs-through-the-night-the-sudden-awakening-of-keizan-jokin.html#respond Mon, 10 Apr 2023 14:01:29 +0000 https://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildfoxzen/?p=11832 https://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildfoxzen/2023/04/a-black-lacquer-person-runs-through-the-night-the-sudden-awakening-of-keizan-jokin.html/feed 0 Intimate Friendship: “When You Sing, I Respond; When I Sing, You Clap Hands” https://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildfoxzen/2023/04/intimate-friendship-when-you-sing-i-respond-when-i-sing-you-clap-hands.html https://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildfoxzen/2023/04/intimate-friendship-when-you-sing-i-respond-when-i-sing-you-clap-hands.html#respond Thu, 06 Apr 2023 14:00:08 +0000 https://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildfoxzen/?p=11805 https://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildfoxzen/2023/04/intimate-friendship-when-you-sing-i-respond-when-i-sing-you-clap-hands.html/feed 0
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<![CDATA[ I’ll get right to the point here – if you buy one Zen book this year, this would be my strong recommendation. Harada Tangen Rōshi (1924-2018) was one of the few truly great Zen masters that I’ve met. Meeting Roshi-sama, as he is called by his students, and training with him at Bukkokuji, changed my [&#8230;] ]]>
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<![CDATA[ This is a heads-up for you that we now have a new Vine of Obstacles Zen website on a platform called Ghost that combines the website for our training group and my many writings. This new post, for example, Fishing With A Straight Hook: Messing With Katagiri Roshi, is open for all of those who [&#8230;] ]]>
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<![CDATA[    Dogen Zenji famously said that to study the buddha way is to study the self. This post concludes a series of translations and commentaries that dig directly into that point. And the koan that is unpacked below points directly to this “I” consciousness (aka, manas or seventh consciousness) that Dogen was referring to.   [&#8230;] ]]>
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<![CDATA[    Progress is empty, but that doesn’t mean that progress in Zen practice is unimportant. Just like there are no ears (as the “Heart Sutra” proclaims), but still many people have awakened through hearing.    And the Buddha of the Pali Canon often says that if practice isn’t efficacious, it isn’t Buddha’s practice. Indeed, many [&#8230;] ]]>
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<![CDATA[     In this post, I’m concluding the series of re-edits of Hakuun Yasutani Roshi’s (1885–1973 – pictured above) comments on the main case of Record of Going Easy (J., Shoyoroku), Case 11 Yunmen’s Two Illnesses, inserting my translation of the case into his commentary.     The original version of Yasutani Roshi’s commentary that [&#8230;] ]]>
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<![CDATA[ Zen students sometimes seem to think that Zen is a passive process. One just sits and the magic happens. Nonsense! And Sōtō students sometimes dismiss wholehearted application of the method by attributing “hair on fire” training to Rinzai Zen. Double nonsense!! Here’s a bit from the Cáodòng/Sōtō master Wànsōng – his preface to Record of [&#8230;] ]]>
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<![CDATA[ The issue of sound and color is one that comes up a lot in the Zen tradition, because it is central to awakening. In the Diamond Sutra, Chapter 26, we find this verse: Seeking me by using form/color or seeking me by using the sound of my voice A person walks a mistaken path And [&#8230;] ]]>
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<title>What is the Heart of Zen? Reflections on the Transmission of Luminosity</title>
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<![CDATA[ The Record of the Transmission of Illumination (J. Denkoroku) by Keizan Jokin Zenji (1264-1325) is one of the most important dharma texts available to us today – so important that the great master Harada Sogaku Roshi (1871-1961) chose it for his reformed koan curriculum. In a recent post, I shared Keizan’s sudden awakening (J., satori) [&#8230;] ]]>
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<![CDATA[ Sudden, great awakening is the life blood of the Zen school, both Soto and Rinzai. In this post, I’ll share one such great awakening – that of the important Soto ancestor, Keizan Jokin Zenji (1264-1325) – and make a few comments. May awakening stories like this one inspire your process to awaken fully and live [&#8230;] ]]>
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<title>Intimate Friendship: “When You Sing, I Respond; When I Sing, You Clap Hands”</title>
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<![CDATA[ Intimate friendship is such an important aspect of the Zen Way. In the dharma context, an intimate friend (知音, J. “chi-on”) is someone who really gets your music – and vice versa. Such a person can be a peer or a teacher. For more about intimate friends, see Going Through the Mystery’s One Hundred Questions, [&#8230;] ]]>
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