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What Was Bodhidharma Really Doing? On The Importance of Breaking Through Walls
Zazen

What Was Bodhidharma Really Doing? On The Importance of Breaking Through Walls

If we cling to walls about dharma practice, how can we break through?
31 Jul 2024 8 min read
Zazen: The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Ancestor Section 5
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Zazen: The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Ancestor Section 5

07 Apr 2024 7 min read
Zazen and Great Compassion: Realizing a Soft and Flexible Mind
Ten Line Kannon

Zazen and Great Compassion: Realizing a Soft and Flexible Mind

Therefore, within zazen they do not forget living beings, and they do not discard living beings, including even insects and worms, but always compassionately remember them for their benefit.
30 Nov 2023 3 min read
Mornings Nen Kanzeon: More on the Ten Line Kannon Sutra
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Ten Line Kannon

Mornings Nen Kanzeon: More on the Ten Line Kannon Sutra

13 Nov 2023 6 min read
Intimate Knowing: How To Work With Thinking In Zazen
Keizan

Intimate Knowing: How To Work With Thinking In Zazen

In our ongoing Vine of Obstacles Zen practice period focussing on the teaching of Keizan Jokin Zenji (1261-1325), a fourth generation master in Japan, we see that a great deal of his teaching simply points to how to do it - Zen practice-awakening. And Keizan also exudes a particular tone,
27 Mar 2023 1 min read
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