Bill,
Thank you for sharing. How have your (presumably brief as they usually are) experiences of kensho-satori after decades of practice transformed your experiencing of life? Thanks. --ED --- In [email protected], "Bill!" <BillSmart@...> wrote: > > Mayka, > > The short version of my story is: > > I lived in L.A. in the mid-1960's and began frequenting a new zen center there (Zen Center of Los Angeles). There were 2 zen masters there, Koryu Roshi (an old Japanese Zen Buddhist lay teacher in the Renzai school) and Maezumi Roshi (a yound Japanese Zen Buddhist ordained teacher in the Soto school). After receivng instructions in zazen I was assigned to Koryu Roshi. He gave me the koan Mu. I worked on that for about 6 months until during a week sesshin (teaching retreat) I 'passed' the koan with Koryu Roshi. That was kensho (first glimpse of Buddha Nature). It lasted at full intensity only a few minutes - maybe 5 or 10 at the most. The awareness faded somewhat but never completely disappeared. After that I worked on a few more koans (to sharpen my awareness)with Koryu; and then after he returned to Japan I continued my koan study with Maezumi. Maezumi also taught me to sit shikantaza (clear mind) which is what is practice now. > > ...Bill!
