Category: Zen

We need to practice meditation gently

The most stable posture for meditation is sitting cross-legged on a cushion. Choose a cushion that is the right thickness to support you. The half-lotus and full-lotus positions are excellent for establishing stability of body and mind. To sit in the lotus position, gently cross your legs by placing one foot (for the half-lotus) or Read More

The Ten Chan Pictures

(1) In the Wild Troubled by all kinds of thoughts and desires, people are liable to get nervous anal disturbed in daily life and with their natural character con-fused and the ability to sustain themselves lost, they are quite ill with vari-ous worries and diseases. The poem reads: Displaying its horns, the buffalo bellows aloud, Read More

Hsin Hsin Ming

The Great Way is not difficult for those who have no preferences. When love and hate are both absent everything becomes clear and undisguised. Make the smallest distinction, however, and heaven and earth are set infinitely apart. If you wish to see the truth then hold no opinions for or against anything. To set up Read More

The Prestigious Man

There was a prestigious man in a community who seemingly had all material desires satisfied. He had a loving family, a large house and many servants. Not content with his good fortune, he chose to seek enlightenment. He first refused responsibility for his estate, believing it would interfere with his spiritual pursuits. He then relinquished Read More

The Man on Cloud Mountain

ZEN, Teaching of zen, Shodo Harada Roshi in America 1/7 youtube.com The True way of Zen by Shodo Harada. Harada Roshi is a Rinzai priest, author, and head abbot of Sogenji Zen temple in Okayama, Japan. Videos: ZEN, Teaching of zen, Shodo Harada Roshi in America 2/7 youtube.com ZEN, Teaching of zen, Shodo Harada Roshi Read More

The ego is a monkey

The ego is a monkey catapulting through the jungle: Totally fascinated by the realm of the senses, it swings from one desire to the next, one conflict to the next, one self-centered idea to the next. If you threaten it, it actually fears for its life. Let this monkey go. Let the senses go. Let Read More

The Mindfulness of Thich Nhat Hanh

Thich Nhat Hanh, Plum Village plumvillage.org mindfulness is awareness of one’s thoughts, actions or motivations. wikipedia.org Reference: The clip is from the DVD accompanying the book “Walking Meditation ” (sep 2006) Thich Nhat Hanh, Anh-Huong Nguyen, ISBN 1591794730 Books: The Miracle of Mindfulness: A Manual on Meditation (dec 1999) Thich Nhat Hanh ISBN 9780807012390 The Blooming of a Read More

Meditative Mind

The tricks for reaching a deep meditative mind are: do not resist, do not concentrate, do not persist, and most importantly of all, dot not be disturbed emotionally. In meditation, the more you restrict your mind from wandering, the more it will try to escape your control. It is like trying to force your self Read More

Nothing Gained

“I gained nothing at all from Supreme Enlightenment, and for that very reason it is called Supreme Enlightenment.” Gotama Buddha