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Shushō Ittō(修証一等)—Practice and Enlightenment Are One

One-line takeawayChase outcomes less; improve the quality of this single action by 1%. That’s already how realization sh...
2025.09.30
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Steve Jobs, Zen, and Kobun(弘文) — where minimalism learned to breathe

Steve Jobs did not wear Zen like a marketing costume. He learned it as a practice from a real teacher—a Sōtō Zen monk na...
2025.09.23
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Tenzo Kyōkun(典座教訓)—The mindset of turning kitchen work into Buddhist practice

The person who tidies the unseen places decides the flavor of the work. Keep the Three Minds as your fire, and results f...
2025.09.21
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Shikantaza(只管打坐): Sit Quietly and Straight—“Just Sit”

To devote oneself single-mindedly to 坐禅(Zazen: seated meditation)—the very posture itself is “the Buddha’s posture,” the...
2025.09.16
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ZEN

The Fukanzazengi(普勧坐禅儀): Dogen’s Short Manual of Zazen

When you polish a clouded mirror, you don’t create a new image; you simply see what was already reflected. “Fukan Zazen ...
2025.09.13
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The Panda Who Saw Himself

In a world without mirrors,Show day. As usual, he and his coworkers painted each other’s faces—red nose, white makeup, r...
2025.08.07
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