Tag: zen
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Koushouji Temple.
Randomly stumbled into the beautiful little village of Uji this morning, and then even more randomly walked up a path that led to Koshouji temple. It turns out that this is a pretty significant Zen temple, being the first Soto Zen monastery founded by Dogen Zenji in 1233. Not too touristy. A working temple. My…
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The secret steps.
Camera: Fujifilm XT5 I love the subtle light spilling down across the stone wall and out over the steps. It gives it a mystical, ancient feel. I experimented with the same composition on slightly different exposures, and nailed it on the third. Yep. Pretty happy with this one. 8/10.
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The door to dokusan.
Dokusan is a Japanese word that means to go and see the teacher alone. It is an important part of zen practice together with zazen (meditation), the precepts and koan introspection. During extended periods of meditation practice (be that a single day or multiple days known as sesshin), it is usual that the teacher provides…
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