Talking about the healing point of zazen, Dogen said, “…when the baskets and cages are broken, a seated Buddha does not interfere with making a Buddha.” That is the main point of the workshop – to encourage a zazen that is in itself the breaking of the baskets and cages, a zazen free of category, including silent illumination or koan. Just complete doing.

An explosive shout cracks the great empty sky.

Immediately clear self-understanding.

Swallow up the buddhas and ancestors of the past.

Without following others, realize complete penetration.

- Dogen

Here are the audio recordings of Dosho Port’s workshop on Dogen’s Zazenshin

• Part 1
• Part 2
• Part 3
• Part 4