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Monthly Archives: February 2016
Dharmakaya Abbey
Dharmakaya Abbey Located in the heart of the Mohawk Valley on 7.8 beautiful acres of land, Dharmakaya-Abbey offers a monastic-venue for individual and group retreats in a relaxing setting … Continue reading
Posted in Dharmakaya Abbey, Spirituality, Uncategorized
Tagged Dharmakaya Abbey, Monastery, Spiritual Retreat
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Tibetan Zen
From, Tibetan Zen, by Sam Van Schaik A monk who waters the fields of the dharma path and does not grow the seeds of discriminating awareness within it—this is dharma practice. As for “mind at ease”, in brief, there are … Continue reading
Coming in March 2016: Korean Sŏn
Sŏn is the Korean pronunciation of the Sanskrit, Dhyāna. Sŏn is also comparable with samādhi although it takes on a different connotation from our usual rendering. Tsung-mi expounds that it is a comprehensive equation for both samādhi and prajña. Sŏn’s … Continue reading
The Pile of Snares
This Sutta’s cycle would have effectively wound-up at the completion of the last chapter on teaching. This apparent addition on “sensual pleasures” was a redaction added-on at a later date—most likely for the benefit of the community whose focus was … Continue reading
The Zen of your own-being
Om svabhava suddha sarva dharma svabhava suddho’ham. [1] Character is nothing, own-being is everything. Thus, such is the path of enlightenment that a being of good merit should choose not to foster character but unveil the clear light of their own-being … Continue reading
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Tagged Dharma, liberation, light, Mind, Suchness, Tozen, Unborn
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The Teaching of the Dhamma
25. “Then, bhikkhus, when I had stayed at Uruvelā as long as I chose, I set out to wander by stages to Benares. Between Gayā and the Place of Enlightenment the Ājīvaka Upaka saw me on the road and said: … Continue reading
Siddhattha’s Enlightenment
The following is what occurred during Siddhattha’s awakening beneath the Bodhi-Tree. The sacred snapshot of him sitting reflectively on a grassy knoll is known as sitting on the Throne of Wisdom. Having departed from the game of samsara at the … Continue reading
The Search for Enlightenment
13.“Bhikkhus, before my enlightenment, while I was still only an unenlightened Bodhisatta, I too, being myself subject to birth, sought what was also subject to birth; being myself subject to ageing, sickness, death, sorrow, and defilement, I sought what was … Continue reading
Posted in Ariyapariyesanā Sutta
Tagged 9 states of meditation absorption, Ākiñcanyāyatana, Āḷāra Kālāma, Arhatship, bodhicitta, Bodhisatta, Four Jhānas, Saṃyutta Nikāya, The Base of Neither-Perception-Nor-Non-perception, The Base of Nothingness, The Base of the Infinity of Consciousness, The Base of the Infinity of Space, The Signless, Uddaka Rāmaputta, Uruvelā
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Two Kinds of Search
5.“Bhikkhus, there are these two kinds of search: the noble search and the ignoble search. And what is the ignoble search? Here someone being himself subject to birth seeks what is also subject to birth; being himself subject to ageing, … Continue reading
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Tagged desire, disease and death, infatuation, noble and ignoble search, sukha
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The Zen that is quicker than lightning.
Once upon a time a good mind of the way transported its body to a supposed place of a great Mind Master, as to inquire into the mystery of the Buddhadharma. Once its body, and main source of self-reliance, reached the peak of a high mountain, … Continue reading
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Tagged Dharma, dharmakaya, Karma, Mind, Spirit, Tozen, Unborn, Wisdom
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