Shoken Tokudo Ceremony

Posted on April 7, 2014April 7, 2014 by Will

I took the 16 Bodhisattva Precepts on April 6th, 2014. Shoken tokudo- Zen Disciple ordination for Mr. Will Rauschenberger took place during the Hana-matsuri, birth of the Buddha Celebration on Sunday April 6th, 2014 at the Sarasota Zen Center.

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Mu – you dog!

Posted on March 26, 2014March 26, 2014 by Will

Does a dog have Buddha Nature? The fox chases the hound around the moon and you are still picking fleas off the old cat! What do you think of that?

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Coming and Going

Posted on March 7, 2014August 29, 2014 by Will

Light or Dark, colors are dull or bright.

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Dreaming or Not

Posted on February 28, 2014February 28, 2014 by Will

Listening to a podcast of Soto Zen chants, they have a chant for everything, including wiping your ass! Dogen, why all the rules? To many rules for me! In the middle of the night, I have dream. A big house, my wife and I and 17 other people move in. What is this? Hippies! Oh […]

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And there is a lot more than this!

Posted on February 20, 2014February 20, 2014 by Will

Viewing a collection of so called “artifacts” in this university exhibit. I am standing in front of a Seated Buddha Statue, centuries old. It was Atlanta, Georgia in 1986. What is this? Why am I drawn to this larger than life seated Buddha? How intensely beautiful it is! What intimacy I feel, completely exposed and humble, […]

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