Category Archives: Springtime with Tozen

Ecce Animum

Posted on April 11, 2023 by Vajragoni

Genuine religious practice in Buddhism, for example, the teaching of self-awakening, entails the recovery of a primordial spiritual state of perfection. A recollection of a buddhic body that is present beyond the distorting haze of the three times as purely … Continue reading →

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The Unmoving Principle

Posted on April 9, 2023 by Vajragoni

Today you are offered a new expression: the Unmoving Principle. The unmoving principle is a derivative of Biguan, which meant “wall gazing” in ancient china. This mysterious and dark principle of the innermost power and nature of the true body … Continue reading →

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The Mind is a Beautiful Thing

Posted on April 7, 2023 by Vajragoni

No ritual, no sound, no form, no prayer, no scripture, can ultimately free the mind from ignorance and suffering. Only the Unborn Mind recognizes its own becomings (divisions of self) and re-attunes to its true self nature, like an ocean … Continue reading →

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The Creator

Posted on April 5, 2023 by Vajragoni

An earnest, true Lankavatarian adept of the Unborn Mind-school should recognize and be fully convinced that this triple world is nothing but a complex manifestation of one`s mental activities; that it is devoid of selfness and its belongings. That there … Continue reading →

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The Dharma of the Unborn Buddha Mind

Posted on April 3, 2023 by Vajragoni

There is no greater enemy than one’s own desires, one’s own fears, one’s own pride and one’s own self-ignorance. Rich or utterly poor. Powerful or powerless. Insidious or good. Whatever the karma behind our present body consciousness is, we should … Continue reading →

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Springtime with Tozen

Posted on April 1, 2023 by Vajragoni

Every spring as the winter cold becomes a distant memory and everything about is brimming with life again, I like to take rides in the blossoming countryside. To accompany my reverie I always turn to the recordings of the Tozen … Continue reading →

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