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Dogen's Private Notes from the Hokyo Era: The Just-Sit Koan
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Dogen's Private Notes from the Hokyo Era: The Just-Sit Koan

“Zazen is the body-mind dropped off—when it is single-minded zazen, free of the five desires, and rid of the five hindrances.”
30 Mar 2026 11 min read
Dogen's Private Notes from the Hokyo Era: The Interacting Communion of Appeal and Response
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Dogen's Private Notes from the Hokyo Era: The Interacting Communion of Appeal and Response

And then there's the burning house of the whole human and nonhuman world. What can a practitioner do but to join palms and cry out, praying for the help of the Buddhas and Ancestors?
17 Mar 2026 10 min read
Dogen's Private Notes from the Hokyo Era: What Was Dogen Thinking?
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Dogen's Private Notes from the Hokyo Era: What Was Dogen Thinking?

In which Dogen denies that karmic hindrances are empty.
08 Mar 2026 11 min read
Dogen's Private Notes from the Hokyo Era: Obstructions or Picking and Choosing?
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Dogen's Private Notes from the Hokyo Era: Obstructions or Picking and Choosing?

"Taking a shower won’t fix your heart problems."
02 Mar 2026 10 min read
Dogen's Private Notes from the Hokyo Era: One-Practice Samadhi
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Dogen's Private Notes from the Hokyo Era: One-Practice Samadhi

24 Feb 2026 11 min read
Dogen's Private Notes from the Hokyo Era: The Five and Six Hindrances
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Dogen's Private Notes from the Hokyo Era: The Five and Six Hindrances

Rujing's kufu is what works in any dharma method to be free of any hindrance.
26 Jan 2026 10 min read
Dogen's Private Notes from the Hokyo Era: Introduction
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Dogen's Private Notes from the Hokyo Era: Introduction

19 Jan 2026 9 min read
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