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Master Gudo Nishijima has been practicing Buddhism for more than sixty years.
He was a student of Master Kodo Sawaki, an itinerant priest famous
for his efforts to restore Zazen to its rightful place at the center
of Buddhism. Master Nishijima was ordained as a priest by the
late Master Rempo Niwa, formerly head of the Soto Sect,
and has written many books on Buddhism
in both Japanese and in English.
For over twenty years, he has been
giving instructions on Zazen and lectures in English.
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posted by GUDO NISHIJIMA | 8:32 AM
10 Comments:
Hello Gudo Nishijima Roshi,
Every since your student, Brad Warner, wrote the book Hardcore Zen I have been reading his Webpage and now his blog. This also lead me to the Dogen Sangha website to read your teachings. I am very happy to hear you have a blog and will most likely be a regular visitor. I am attempting to make Zazen part of my everyday life.
Congratulations on the grand opening of your blog.
Your ongoing quest to communicate is lovely. Communication can be tricky, no?
A favored poem by William Stafford:
Some time when the river is ice ask me
mistakes I have made. Ask me whether
what I have done is my life. Others
have come in their slow way into
my thought, and some have tried to help
or to hurt: ask me what difference
their strongest love or hate has made.
I will listen to what you say.
You and I can turn and look
at the silent river and wait. We know
the current is there, hidden; and there
are comings and goings from miles away
that hold the stillness exactly before us.
What the river says, that is what I say.
Gassho Gudo Roshi,
Any teacher of Brad Warner's is a teacher of mine. I really am glad you are starting this blog and I have the opportunity to at least meet with you virtually. May this be an enriching and positive undertaking for you and all beings.
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Dear Master Nishijima,
I am pleased to see your blog. I've read a few of your books and I am grateful that they have served me in my practice.
Like others here, I am inspired by Brad Warner, but I am happy to call another one of students (Jim Jundo Cohen) my teacher.
I will check back to your blog often.
Gassho
I will
Hello!
I once came to the Dogen Sangha in Ichikawa and a lady there gave me the little book you wrote: How to Practice ZAZEN. It inspired me to just get to sitting down.
Thanks and happy blogging!
Unthinkable1
I am exceedingly pleased to learn of this new blog.
I would appreciate it if you could 'turn on' your RSS feed such that your words are more readily available to us.
To turn on your site feed:
Go to your blogger dashboard
Click on your blog
Click on 'settings'
Click on 'site feed'
Toggle the 'Publish Site Feed' Question such that it says YES.
Thank you.
Hello Nishijima Roshi,
I very much enjoyed your book, "To Meet the Real Dragon." I gave it to a good friend when she asked me to recommend a book about Zen. I became familiar with your work after reading Brad's web site. I've read volume one of your translation of the Shobogenzo, and I'm looking forward to reading your English translation of the Mulamadhyamakakarika. Thank you for doing all this wonderful work, and for taking the time to create your own blog. I'll visit regularly!
はじめまして。ようろしくおねがいします。
Hello Gudo,
I am very happy to see that you have a blog.
I have enjoyed your articles very much. They cleared up many things for me. I have been reading about Zen and Buddhism since 1981, but it wasn't until I read your articles that everything became clear in my mind.
I truly feel that your approach to Zazen and Buddhism (continuing in Nagarjuna's and Dogen's lineage) is the best one on out planet, because it is based in reality. There are so many versions of Buddhism in the world. But they are all so complicated, and they involve beliefs. But yours is clear.
So thank you very much for sharing your wisdom. It has been a huge help to me.
I am very appreciative of your work, and Brad's work. I just wish that the rest of the world would understand it too.
I look forward to reading your books.
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