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In Place is also a book. Copyright 2018, Risa Stephanie Bear. All rights reserved
ISBN 978-0-359-28986-8 Stony Run Press http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/risabee

by the same author

100 poems
collected poems
the grace at the heart of the world
homecomings
starvation ridge
toward a buddhist/permaculture ethic
viewing jasper mountain
what to do about trees

In place: 1. working or ready to work; established. 2. [North American] not traveling any distance. One thinks of Thoreau (Walden): “I have traveled a great deal in Concord.” To “shelter in place” is to ride out an emergency, disaster or apocalypse in one’s place of residence or wherever one happens to be. Here it is suggested that the study of reality may be carried on just as one finds oneself, be it home, monastery, hermitage, hotel, freeway, or jail cell.

Not hindering others is not hindering self.
— Dogen (tr. Tanahashi)

Preface

The author is a part-time hermit, part-time householder; that is, the hut was by her back fence and she was not at the hut all the time. She is, since this frontmatter was written, a #SotoZen #nun, but was a layperson at the time of writing. The hut, called Gogo-an after the hut where Ryokan wrote poetry, contained

(deep breath)

a broom, cot, two blankets, two pillows, four chairs, electric desk lamp, desk, altar, censer, Buddha statue, vase, several clay offering bowls, candles, incense, lighter, cleaning rags, ointment, toothbrush, hairbrush, soap, ointment, two steel bowls, two soup/tea mugs, tumbler, two spoons, two forks, two pairs of chopsticks, a knife, steamer, coffeemaker, several Mason jars of dried tea, beans and grains, salt shaker with salt, water bottle, hammer, pair of pliers, assortment of hardware, pair of scissors, sewing kit, about twenty books, a transistor radio, Guanyin statue, a copy of a Soto Buddhist order of service, four chairs, framed enso, framed image of a statue of Mugai Nyodai, trunk with several changes of clothes and a pair of slippers, oil-filled heater, kerosene lamp, four bamboo window shades, work gloves, a gardening apron, secateurs, camp saw, ceremonial rakusu (for a Zen layperson) in its envelope, mala necklace and bracelet, lineage documents, pennywhistle, magnifying glass, flashlight, thermometer, and a horihori or Japanese gardening knife. Outside usually reside a bucket, hoe, sickle, and watering can. This list could easily be shorter but we’re not trying for martyrdom here.

She has since, for health reasons, relocated from the farm where the hut was located, to the city, where she found an abandoned tool shed on the premises, and repurposed it into a second "hut," Manzoku-an. https://manzokuan.blogspot.com/p/about.html

She finds that to "practice" in place is the best way to "shelter" in place. Her experiment in part-time hermiting predated Covid but proved to be a useful component of her family's #COVIDcautious toolbox.

“…there are mountains hidden in jewels; there are mountains hidden in marshes, mountains hidden in the sky; there are mountains hidden in mountains.

There is a study of mountains hidden in hiddenness.”

—from Dōgen, The Mountains and Waters Sutra (Sansui kyō; tr. Shōhaku Okumura)

#Dōgen #Zen #SōtōZen #Sansuikyō #MountainsAndWatersSutra #Shōbōgenzō #TreasuryOfTheTrueDharmaEye #ShōhakuOkumura

#Dōgen Zenji (1200–1253) revolutionized #Japanese #Zen by emphasizing #shikantaza ("just sitting") and the inseparability of #practice and #enlightenment. His #philosophical depth, especially in works like #Shōbōgenzō, shaped #SōtōZen and continues to influence global Buddhist thought. Here is a brief overview of his life and teachings:

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-07-27-dogen_zenji/

#WeekendStories #Buddhism #DōgenZenji

Soto Zen – Heart Sutra / 曹洞宗大本山總持寺 – 般若波羅蜜多心經 – Buddhism Toronto Chanting

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=De15EaR_irk

Das Herz-Sutra ist ein berühmtes Sutra im Mahāyāna-Buddhismus. Das Herz-Sutra wird oft als die bekannteste und beliebteste buddhistische Schrift überhaupt zitiert. Das Herz-Sutra, das zusammen mit dem Diamant-Sutra zur Kategorie der Vollkommenheit der Weisheit (Prajñāpāramitā) der Literatur des Mahāyāna-Buddhismus gehört, ist vielleicht der prominenteste Vertreter dieses Genres.

In der chinesischen Version des kurzen Textes, der Xuanzang zugeschrieben wird, hat er 260 chinesische Zeichen. Im Englischen besteht er aus sechzehn Sätzen. Damit ist er einer der kürzesten Texte der Gattung „Vollkommene Weisheit“.

Soto-Zen (曹洞宗) ist die größte der drei traditionellen Zen-Sekten des japanischen Buddhismus. Die japanische Variante der Sekte wurde im 13. Jahrhundert von Dogen Zenji eingeführt, der den Caodong-Buddhismus (曹洞宗) im Ausland in China studierte. Das Soto-Zen ist inzwischen auch im Westen populär, und 1996 gründeten Priester der Soto-Zen-Tradition die Soto Zen Buddhist Association mit Sitz in Nordamerika. Der Schwerpunkt liegt auf Shikantaza, der Meditation ohne Objekte, Verankerungen oder Inhalte.

Der Meditierende strebt danach, sich des Gedankenstroms bewusst zu sein und ihm zu erlauben, ohne Einmischung zu entstehen und zu vergehen.

#BuddhismTorontoChanting #Buddhismus #Dogen #HerzSutra #Japan #MahayanaBuddhismus #Meditation #Shikantaza #Soto #SotoZen #Zen

Sind hier #Dogen Nerds? Weiß jemand in welchem Kapitel von #Shobogenzo sowas steht wie „Es (DasUniversum/DieRealität/Gott/Alles halt) bewegt ein bisschen dich und du bewegst ein bisschen Es“?

Sehr plump ausgedrückt, zugegeben. #buddhismus #zen #soto #sotozen #buddhism

Btw, I’m looking to follow a few more folks who practice #ZenBuddhism.

I’m a #SotoZen newbie & just attended my first sesshin. I’d like to expand my understanding & see how other folks interpret or explore their practices! Disabled ppl especially!

I combine my dharmic studies with science/skeptic based nature witchiness. (I’m also curious about I Ching & Chinese 5 Element studies, since I deeply relate to Tarot & 4 element witchcraft.)

#Zen #Rinzai #BuddhistStudies #OnlineZenSangha #Sesshin

Folded a Mastodon server and 3 Mastodon accounts into one Firefish instance with one account for all of my interests. Will stay this way.

Interests include Literature, Music, and Tech...Also a Gooner

#Writing #Books #Punk #PostPunk #Dub #Linux #Programming #ArsenalFC #AFC #COYG #LasVegasRaiders #RaiderNation #SōtōZen

#Introduction: Hi, I'm Daniel! He / him. I'm a #husband and Master #naturalist from #Louisiana; I post about #birds, #insects, #nativeplants, and everything else that we find around our home here and in our travels. I'm a practitioner of #Soto #Zen, #LaoHuGong mover and shaker, #photographer, #songwriter, #musician, and burgeoning #gardener.

#Buddhism #SotoZen #photography #birding

🔗: https://daniel.observer

Hi everyone!

We are a Zen center located in Tribeca in New York City.

We would like to welcome you to our rich offerings of in-personal and online meditation, dharma talks, and other activities. Find out more at https://villagezendo.org

#Zen #ZenBuddhism #SotoZen #Meditation

I consider myself to be a #Buddhist philosophy-influenced #Atheist. I love #ZenBuddhism, and #SotoZen is kind of my practice.

But I hail from a family with many Muslims, and today is Eid, which means my face is stuffed with food, and I'm gasping for air.

Nom nom. I love all holidays than include food. God is fantastic when that idea gathers us like this.

#EidMubarak #LunchTime #BonApettite

#GRATITUESDAY for the immeasurable #generosity of the #sesshin (#meditation intensive) I recently sat.

What are YOU #grateful for today?

#zen #sotozen #mahayana #buddhism #toothpaste