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Zen Hara Breath Meditation

August 30, 2022August 30, 2022 Otomo 0 Comments zazen, zen

The question has been asked of me about Zen “Hara” Meditation as if this is a practice or not. Now

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Japanese Cultural Zen 

Is Japanese Zen dead?

May 20, 2022May 19, 2022 Otomo 0 Comments buddhism, japanese, zen

In a conversation with a friend of mine about Zen, he mentioned that his Japanese Zen priest associates told him

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Japanese Cultural Zen Lectures 

Meditation or Performance Art?

February 18, 2022February 18, 2022 Otomo 3 Comments

What Zen students think meditation is, is actually Performance Art – that seated meditation looking like a Buddha Statue! That

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Spiritual Materialism: An Exercise in Western Consumerist Vanity

August 4, 2021August 1, 2021 Otomo zen

When one thinks of themselves, as in ‘Who am I’, it is common to see yourself as in what you

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Japanese Cultural Zen Rinzai Soto 

The cults of Sambo Kyodan

August 1, 2021August 1, 2021 Otomo cult, Harada, Kapleau, Sambo Kyodan, Yasutani, zen

Created by Japanese WW2 Veterans, Harada Daiun Sogaku and Hakuun Yasutani, as a ‘New Lineage’ for the Lay practitioner and

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Japanese Cultural Zen Soto 

Dogenism and the Soto-shu

July 27, 2021July 27, 2021 Otomo

When you first go to a Zen center, here in the west, the first thing they teach you is the

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Japanese Cultural Zen 

Western Zen failure and the cult of Dogenism

July 26, 2021July 26, 2021 Otomo doganism, dogen, japan

The reason why Western Buddhism has failed is the reluctance of those who engaged in the Asian and Far-eastern Buddhism

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The Japanese mind and Zen Buddhism

February 21, 2021March 17, 2021 Otomo japan, japanese, rinzai

Zen Priest Martian Hughes gives a talk on the Japanese mind. He gives a thorough breakdown of how the Japanese see Zen and religion in general.

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