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New Book on Ch’an

Posted on December 31, 2020 by Vajragoni

A new book on Ch’an was released back in September: China Root: Taoism, Ch’an, and Original Zen, by David Hinton. A reader’s note from the book states: The primary project of this book is a direct and philosophical one: to … Continue reading →

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Letter from reader

Posted on December 29, 2020 by Vajragoni

Have posted this letter from one of our readers that may bear great interest to others. From: M. Martin Subject: Bankei Message Body: I greatly enjoy your blog. I’m a Rinzai practitioner who lives in Tokyo. I have lived here … Continue reading →

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The Udāna and Covid 19

Posted on April 5, 2020 by Vajragoni

In these unprecedented times I shall remember these days as my Udāna period here at Unborn Mind Zen. With this new rendition of the suttas written in Light of the Unborn and accompanied with exegesis the ever-present and dominant backdrop … Continue reading →

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Coming in March: The Udāna

Posted on February 26, 2020 by Vajragoni

Ash Wednesday has always been profoundly deep-rooted in my being. Perhaps no other date on the Catholic calendar induces such a sense of somberness that millions (mostly non-practicing Catholics) are obsessed to go to church to get those ashes splayed … Continue reading →

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New Website Theme

Posted on February 18, 2020 by Vajragoni

Welcome to our new look! For this new decade have decided to return to the feel of our original theme from 2011, with a few variables. This theme is known as parchment. Love the ancient feel to it. I like … Continue reading →

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Spiritual Adultery

Posted on February 13, 2020 by Vajragoni

When one considers adultery, it is usually in the carnal sense, such as in having an adulterous affair. There are other forms of adultery, i.e., psychic adultery and spiritual adultery. Our focus for today is on the latter two. Psychic … Continue reading →

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Of shoes and fluff and sealing-wax

Posted on February 8, 2020 by Vajragoni

Shambhala, once the proud publishers of Pocket Books such as The Zen Teachings of Huang Po, are now mass-publishers of love, empathy and caring—or in other words, your ever-prevalent new age bookstore. In my email box are incessant titles of … Continue reading →

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Is a Bodhisattva dependent on sentient beings?

Posted on February 7, 2020 by Vajragoni

Continuing with Dorji Wangchuk’s study, he writes: In Mahayana, the entire concept of bodhicitta and bodhisattva would collapse or make no sense without sattvas, for a bodhisattva is, in the first place, a sattva whose citta is directed towards attaining … Continue reading →

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Dharmatā jumpstarts Bodhicitta

Posted on February 5, 2020 by Vajragoni

In continuance of our blog from yesterday, Dorji Wangchuk utilizes an article published in 1965 (in German) by the Japanese scholar, Kumatarō Kawada, based on the transcendent and immanent nature of bodhicitta. Our interest is on the article’s discussion of … Continue reading →

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The Buddha Types

Posted on February 4, 2020 by Vajragoni

Am presently reading an excellent study on the generation of bodhicitta by Dorji Wangchuk in his work, The Resolve to Become a Buddha, A Study of the Bodhicitta Concept in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism. Themed closely is the actual account of what … Continue reading →

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