Plum Blossom Zendo

plumblossomzendo — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:02:09 +0000

Plum Blossom Zendo
A Pittsburgh Zen Meditation Center
5228 Beeler Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15217
412.833.5832

Plum Blossom Zendo, a Zen meditation center in Pittsburgh formed in 2005, is in the Soto-Rinzai lineage of Zen Master Taizan Maezumi Roshi and the White Plum Asanga. Our founder and resident teacher, Sensei Janet Jiryu Abels, is dharma successor to Roshi Robert Jinsen Kennedy in this Zen lineage as is Sensei Gregory Hosho Abels, the other resident Zen teacher at Still Mind Zendo in New York. Plum Blossom Zendo is an affiliate of Still Mind Zendo. Local experienced and new Zen practitioners are welcome, as are visitors to Pittsburgh who practice Zen.

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When the old plum tree suddenly opens,

the world of blossoming flowers arises.

At the moment when the world of blossoming flowers arises,

spring arrives.

- Dogen, Japenese Soto Zen Master

plumblossomzendo — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:51:33 +0000

The water a cow laps turns into milk. The water a snake licks changes into poison.

ZEN SAYING

plumblossomzendo — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 10:56:59 +0000

Zen places all objects of belief with one single thing: reality itself. We believe only in this universe. We don’t believe in the afterlife. We don’t believe in the sovereignty of nations. We don’t believe in money or power or fame. We don’t believe in our idols. We don’t believe in our positions or our possessions. We don’t believe we can be insulted, or that our honor or the honor of our family, our nation or our faith can be offended. We don’t believe in Buddha.
We just believe in reality. Just this.

BRAD WARNER

plumblossomzendo — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 09:26:08 +0000

There is a man who eats sparingly, but is never hungry. There is a man who is always eating, but is never full.

ZEN RIDDLE

plumblossomzendo — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:32:11 +0000

You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vividly in repose.

INDIRA GANDHI

plumblossomzendo — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:55:05 +0000

Your inside is out and your outside is in.

JOHN LENNON

plumblossomzendo — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:05:49 +0000

Don’t want anything. Don’t make anything. Don’t hold anything. Don’t attach anything.

SEUNG SAHN

plumblossomzendo — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:04:14 +0000

Chao-chou asked Nan-quan: “What is the Way?”
     “Ordinary mind is the Way,” Nan-quan answered.
     “Should I turn toward it or not?
     “If you turn toward it, you turn away from it.”
     “But how can I know the Way if I don’t turn toward it?” Chao-Chou asked.
     “The Way is not about knowing or not knowing. When you know something you are deluded, and when you don’t know, you are just mindless. When you reach the way beyond doubt, it is infinite as space. It’s neither right nor wrong.”
     With these words, chao-chou had a sudden enlightenment.

ZEN MONDO

plumblossomzendo — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:31:03 +0000

A painting of a rice cake does not satisfy hunger.

ZEN SAYING

plumblossomzendo — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 10:21:24 +0000

Talk does not cook rice.

ANCIENT PROVERB