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Tag Archives: Buddha
Ordinary Zen Practice
Getting to know ourselves.
Hauling Away the Shit Pail
“It is foolish to use the verb “to appear” in describing the manifestation of the buddhas. We simply use the expression “a buddha appears in the world” to make it easier for sentient beings to understand. “Picks up a shit pail and hauls away all the shit of conceptual proliferation” means that a buddha removes all traces of various types of ignorant thoughts. If you do not depart from the original true reality of the middle way, then whatever words […]
Our Burdens Are Empty
Realizing emptiness allows us the freedom to put down what burdens us.
Smiling with Buddha Holding A Flower
Not Two!
The Medicine of Together Action
Buddha’s prescriptions or remedies, also called expedient means, as they apply to Zendo etiquette.
Huangbo’s Transmission of Mind – Parts 1 to 9
For there is nowhere that is outside the Buddha-Mind I invite you to join me in reading and reflecting on the teachings of Haungbo. This series will use either ” Zen Roots – The First Thousand Years “ by Red Pine or ” The Zen Teaching of Huang Po: On the Transmission of Mind “ translated by John Blofeld. If you are using the John Blofeld translation you will notice his use of the word ” Void ” as in ” it is […]
Leting go is freedom
Letting go is walking in the footsteps of Buddha. Let it be what it is, letting go is letting go of a diluted view.
True Thanksgiving Is Everyday
As expressed by the three jewels and the Bodhisattva path.
Retreat In Nature, 11/18/2023 – Photo Gallery
Thank you, wonderful retreat participants! You all made our retreat and precepts ceremony an auspicious and meaningful experience.