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…

  • Sam Chin Philosophy of I Liq Chuan

    Sam F.S. Chin talks about the Philosophy of his “I Liq Chuan” system Reference: I Liq Chuan

  • 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,…

  • 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…

  • 100 Chinese and Buddhist Health Rules 51-100

    No. 51 – Quiet Sitting To nourish yourself in quietude: lie on your bed, completely relax body and mind, let your whole body melt without using even a tiny bit of effort, so that you feel as if there was no body. Breathe naturally and exert not even a trace of effort in the mind-and-heart—…

  • 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…

  • Masakane Inoue Ki Breathing Method

    Allow one’s exhalation to flow out naturally and one’s inhalation to enter the body freely. Exhale so as to reach the far ends of the Universe and inhale so as to concentrate our breath infinitesimally to a point in the lower abdomen. Reference: Ki in Daily Life by Koichi Tohei ISBN 4889960716 p.68

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

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  • 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…

  • The heart is calm and quiet as still water

    Wang Ji Wu One must always maintain a calm heart even when influenced by the seven emotions; joy, anger, happiness, worry, sadness, fear and surprise. The heart must remain as calm as still water, never allowing any personal desires to stir up a ripple of disturbance. My thoughts are pure, in spirit I seek to…

  • Nothing Gained

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