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BuddhaFest Presents Zen For Nothing Directed by Werner Penzel (Step Across the Border, Middle of the Moment) Germany, Japan / 2016 / English, Japanese, and German, with English subtitles / 100 min plus Q&A / Drama The title may be provocative, but this film is a masterly immersion into life at a Japanese Zen monastery … Read more

Nishijima translation of the Shobogenzo: thezensite.com/ZenTeachings/Dogen_Teachings/Shobogenzo_2_NC.pdf Shasta abbey translation of the Shobogenzo: shastaabbey.org/pdf/shoboAll.pdf There were people who were still going to India after the P’u-t’ung era of the Liang dynasty, and for what? This was foolishness in the extreme. Depending on how their bad karma led them, they wandered about in foreign countries. Step by … Read more

When I’m there, you’re there; when I’m not, you’re not. If I’m not here I’m waiting. Try it again: when you’re here, I’m here too, and when you’re not, then I’m not. Where am I then, when you’re not here? I’m nowhere. What am I doing nowhere ? Waiting. I’m sitting in (what we’ll call) … Read more