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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.
See here for details. |
posted by GUDO NISHIJIMA | 4:26 PM
6 Comments:
Dear Nishijima Roshi,
thank you very much for your efforts and commitment and I wish you all the best in your new apartment. I'm looking forward to read your new upcoming posts when you're able to write them from your new apartment and looking forward to hear from you via email.
Thank you very much, Roshi.
With palms together,
Markus
Nishijima Roshi:
I hope your move did not trouble you too much. I wish you well in your new apartment. Thank you for all your effort.
Rob
Hello to sensei Gudo Nishijima, from Mark Foote in Petaluma, CA- I know you are moving your residence, I wish you the best with that and hope that this comment finds you successfully at home. I read your comment at the end of the "samadhi" blog comments about losing remarks by persons associated with Kobun Chino Otogawa- I mentioned Kobun in my comment on your Shikantaza blog.
I have a new writing, up on the web as "an unauthorized and incomplete guide to zazen". You can google and find it, if you are interested. My excitement is wearing off a little, thank you for your caution about that.
I don't fully understand your use of ANS, PNS, SNS, but like you I make an explanation of cessation and of the ordinary nature of the end of suffering through the language of science. I could not have done this without the cranial-sacral osteopathic work of Dr. John Upledger, I recommend his work to you.
thank you again for your work in extending an open hand to the west; yours, Mark
Dear Roshi,
I hope that you had a successful move.
When sitting in Zazen, what should one do when they have an itch or feel the need to move in some way?
Regards,
Al
Dear Uku San,
I have moved my residence from Takashimadaira to Mejiro, and so I will begin Dogen Sangha Blog soon.
Dear Smoggyrob San,
I have changed my residence already, amd so I will begin Dogen Sangha Blog again.
Dear Ven. Mark Foote,
Thank you very much for your sincere approach to Dogen Sangha Blog. My sccessor Ven. Brad Warner also belong to the lineage of Master Kobun Chino too, and so we are much related with each other. Therefore I have been keeping my hope to have a contact with your group if there were any kind of chance, and I would like to have such kind of hope exactly. Therefore I would like to ask the Preasent Brad Warner's opinion about it as soon as posible.
I have heard the name of Dr. John Upledger for the first time, and so I feel that I should learn his theory too.
Anyway I think that we have possibility for us to cooperate together for promoting Buddhism cooperatively.
Dear Al San,
When we are practicing Zazen, if we have an itch or feel the need to move in some way, we should cure it for example by scratching, and so force for making it comfortable.
Thank you Dear Nishijima Roshi for your return
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