For so many years this was my path. Step by step letting go of each mental factor, until cessation. Then what was this deathlessness I rested in? 1] Thus have I heard. On one occasion the Blessed One was living at Savatthi in Jeta’s Grove, Anathapindika’s Park. There he addressed the bhikkhus thus: “Bhikkhus.” – […]
One By One as They Occurred – Anupada Sutta MN#111 Read Post »
For so many years this teaching of Awakening Faith in Mind has been an inspiration and pointer for me. Over time it’s been like someone sitting at my shoulder, nudging and pointing. So clear, so direct, so Zen. Most recently the resonance with Dzogchen teachings from this profound teaching has been very clear. The great
Awakening Faith in Mind – Seng-ts’an Read Post »
Issa Kobayashi’s poignant haiku about life’s fleeting nature. So few in words, yet so utterly profound. This World of Dew: The world of dew — A world of dew it is indeed, And yet, and yet . . . 露の世は露の世ながらさりながらTsuyu no yo wa tsuyu no yo nagara sari nagara Issa KobayashiDew on the Grass: The
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Honoring countless Buddhas across time and space. Embracing the practice of good, offering devotion and seeking enlightenment for the welfare of all beings. The ‘As Many Buddhas As There May Be In Any World’ prayer and vow from the Mahayana Avatamsaka Sutra. Then the great enlightening being Universally Good, thus explainingcourses of eons, as many
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I’ve been contemplating the poem ‘The Tao is a Silent Flower’ in meditation recently – space, time, form and emptiness: The Tao is a silent flower which blooms through the night, But the night through which it blooms is the flower itself. No Tao, no flower, no bloomer, no night. And for this reason, it
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Based on dependent origination something occurs, yet There is no arising nor passing away. There is no nihilism nor eternalism. There is no coming nor going. There are not many nor one event(s). Whatever tends to be elaborated becomes almost calm again and again. Nagarjuna When you meditate it seems as though a lot of
The Eight Extremes – Nagarjuna’s Madhyamaka teaching Read Post »
A profound question that challenges perceptions and invites a deeper understanding of reality. You don’t need to answer the question with words, with an answer. Just rest in the shift that the question brings about: What Colour is the Wind? Zen saying
What Colour is the Wind? – Zen Koan Read Post »
In the process of searching for all that manifests as mind and matter There is neither anything to be found nor is there any seeker, For to be unreal is to be unborn and unceasing In the three periods of time. That which is immutable Is the state of great bliss. Savaripa I thought I’d
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I was reading and meditating on this Dharma song from Kalu Rinpoche last night, and thought I’d share the beginning of it. Rinpoche’s description of Mahamudra meditation comes from the Shangpa Kagyu tradition, but is no different to the Kagyu teachings I’ve received. Rest in awareness, without trying to do anything – and mind will
Dharma Song (excerpt) from Kalu Rinpoche Read Post »
I love this quotation from Franz Kafka – it really speaks to me about how easy it is to do something in meditation, to try to fabricate experience. It speaks so well of how I can let go of a sense of effort, of a sense of goal, or even of something to evaluate the
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