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Awakened Mind – Delusion Mind – Jundo Cohen Roshi

According to Dogen, all are Dharmas of reality, and distortion is distortion as it is, the realty of distortion as it is. It s something like saying that sages are Buddha while ordinary, deluded beings are also Buddha. Of course, only the sages realize so and act like so. Another image is that a pile… Continue reading Awakened Mind – Delusion Mind – Jundo Cohen Roshi

Ajahn Sumedo · Buddhism · How to Practice · Theravada Buddhism

Let Go of Fire – Ajahn Sumedho

https://buddhismnow.com/2010/04/14/let-go-of-fire/ The Buddha’s teaching is all about understanding suffering – its origin, its cessation, and the path to its cessation. When we contemplate suffering, we find we are contemplating desire, because desire and suffering are the same thing. Desire can be compared to fire. If we grasp fire, what happens? Does it lead to happiness?… Continue reading Let Go of Fire – Ajahn Sumedho