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Author: realityisdharma
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On Fixing, knowing there is Nothing to Fix
In our Zen way, one can seek and not seek at once, work to fix and improve all while realizing that there is nothing in need of fixing and improving and never was. Both ways at once as one. It has to do with the Absolute and relative perspectives (non-perspectives) in Mahayana Buddhism. So, one… Continue reading On Fixing, knowing there is Nothing to Fix
Thoughts on Zen Practice & Kensho – Jundo Cohen Roshi
What I wrote above, but in (almost) a nutshell: "Such experiences [are] wonderful and powerful when such occur, and each can be a great insight into and piercing of the "self-other divide", "Emptiness" and impermanence, the underlying light, peace and harmony which can be found when the divisive mind is put aside.Bottomless, Boundless, pouring in… Continue reading Thoughts on Zen Practice & Kensho – Jundo Cohen Roshi
Life is like getting on a boat – Dogen Zenji
"Not a single moment or thing stands apart from life. Nor is there a single event or mind that does not accompany life. Life is like getting on a boat. On this boat, we ourselves use the sail and control the rudder. Although we push with the pole, it is the boat that carries us.… Continue reading Life is like getting on a boat – Dogen Zenji
Life – a series of breaths
From the moment we had our ass spanked, and we started breathing, our “life” is one breath in – one breath out, a constant stream of breaths, until the day we take our last breath and expire. (Yes, that seems too short, doesn't it....?) Our “ life string” (a clear droplet of Infinity) enters this… Continue reading Life – a series of breaths
Shunryu Suzuki – Famous Quotes
https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/62707.Shunryu_Suzuki “Zen is not some fancy, special art of living. Our teaching is just to live, always in reality, in its exact sense. To make our effort, moment after moment, is our way. In an exact sense, the only thing we actually can study in our life is that on which we are working in… Continue reading Shunryu Suzuki – Famous Quotes
“I” “Me” “Mine” – Why do we practice unselfishness?
Why do we feel the need to rid ourselves of our selfish nature? Most of us begin practice because at some point in our lives, we found we needed to resolve perceived issues in ourselves. It seems that the "self" creates alot of our suffering...... Jealousy, anger, self-defensiveness, need, all seem to spring from this… Continue reading “I” “Me” “Mine” – Why do we practice unselfishness?
“I” “Me” My” – Self-Defensiveness
Today, i am noting the subject of how "i" deal with "my emotional reactions" to others. Watching my own self-defensiveness in a situation is a great litmus test for whether or not the "small me" is being dealt with (it is a sneaky little bugger, which pops out at the most interesting times!). From what… Continue reading “I” “Me” My” – Self-Defensiveness
Soto Buddhism – The Precepts
Robert Aitken on the Precepts https://tricycle.org/trikedaily/the-nature-of-the-precepts/ The precepts of Zen Buddhism derive from the rules that governed the Sangha, or community of monks and nuns who gathered about Shakyamuni Buddha. As the religion of Buddhism developed through the Mahayana schools, the meaning of sangha broadened to include all beings, not just monks and nuns, and… Continue reading Soto Buddhism – The Precepts
4 Stages of Cognitive Development – Piaget
Background and Key Concepts of Piaget's Theory See full article: https://www.verywellmind.com/piagets-stages-of-cognitive-development-2795457
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