monastic life
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Summary
Monastic life is life in Buddhist temples, where monks live by a fixed routine and many rules, from hygiene to meals and the zazen hall; Dogen wrote such rules for his temple. In these texts temples have some value, but taking those rules for Buddhism may lead the wrong way.
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if you think very strongly that the rules which Dogen wrote down for living are Buddhism, you may go in the wrong direction
No Hierarchy of Enlightenment July 2009 — Dibbavana
Texts
- Introductions 2: Reality in Ordinary Moments ●●● Summer 2003 — Introductions to Shobogenzo Chaptersrules for the zazen hall · willow twig toothbrush
Then the next chapter is just a set of rules which Master Dogen wrote for his zazen hall
- Making Dogen's Words Our Own ●●● August 2012 — Dibbavanaleaving family to find the truth
he could see lots of people, men probably, who wanted to practise, but, you know, oh, I can't come, my family needs me.
- Civilisation as a Shared Trance ●●● July 2021 — Skalní faracoming away from society
So I'd like to talk about why it's necessary to come away from society.
- No Hierarchy of Enlightenment ●●● July 2009 — DibbavanaDogen's rules for temple life
if you think very strongly that the rules which Dogen wrote down for living are Buddhism, you may go in the wrong direction
- Sacred and Ordinary Together ●●● July 2009 — Brnofrustrated monks in Japan
Nearly all the young men who go to live in Buddhist temples and become monks in Japan are very frustrated
- Buddhism Free from ‘Buddhism’ ●●● September 2009 — Earth SpiritDogen's rules for temple life
Dogen didn’t write things as a metaphor for life, he wrote them to teach his ragged bunch of monks how to live together
- Dogen and Modern Life ●●● August 2012 — Dibbavanaleaving family to find the truth
if we want to find out the truth, we have to leave our family
- Bussho 3: Joshu’s Dog and Concepts ●●● Summer 2005 — BusshoJapanese temples leaving no gaps
they have the monks jump out of bed at half past three, rush up and down the corridors with wet towels
- Bussho 3: Acting in the Present Moment ●●● Winter 2005 — BusshoJapanese temples leaving no gaps
in some Japanese temples they try to live a life which has no gaps
- Kuge 2: Coolness in the Centre of Fire ●●● Winter 2007 — Kugemonks as researchers of reality
People who studied what reality is, in those days, to him, were Buddhist monks.
- Kuge 4: Nothing to Get Rid Of ●●● Winter 2007 — Kugehygiene and kitchen care as Buddhism
they were careful how they washed the rice and they didn’t waste food. All those things, for him, were Buddhism.
- Three Teachings from Japan ●●● September 2013 — Banský Studeneceating with three bowls
I learned to eat in the temple tradition, with three bowls and chanting
- Genjo-koan: Being Awake Is Being Here ●●● May 2014 — Banský Studeneccook as the most important person
But Master Dogen said the cook is the most important person.
- The Meaning of the Precepts ●●●250 rules for monks
At one point, there were 250 rules for priests and 350 rules for nuns.
Keywords
Ideas (1) rules for the zazen hall
Themes (6) Dogen's rules for temple life2 leaving family to find the truth2 coming away from society frustrated monks in Japan hygiene and kitchen care as Buddhism monks as researchers of reality
Images and stories (5) Japanese temples leaving no gaps2 250 rules for monks cook as the most important person eating with three bowls willow twig toothbrush