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The Tao of Qi
The Zhuangzi says, “Pure spirit reaches in the four directions, flows now this way, now that: there is no place it does not extend to. Above, it brushes the sky; below, it coils on the earth. It transforms and nurses … Continue reading
Posted in Chuang-Tzu
Tagged Black Dragon, Black Dragon Ch’an, DEEP, Ouroborus Dragon, Qi, Tao, Thomas Merton
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The Old Man in the Nāga Samadhi
Zekkai Chūshin (1336-1405), considered to be the dominant poet of all the Five Mountains Zen Poet-monks, once referred to Tsung-mi as “the old man in the nāga [mythological serpent = the Buddha] samadhi.” (Broughton, ZOC) The origin of this can … Continue reading
Posted in Tsung-mi: An Intimate Study
Tagged Black Dragon, Enlightenment, Wisdom, Zen
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(5) The Black Dragon
When the birdcage is open and the illusion of the false bird dies the virtuous one recollects the unborn essence. Transcending the sensory addicted mind, finding the gateless gate to its original source of perfection. This is a black dragon’s … Continue reading
Posted in The Dragon Mind of Zen Tarot
Tagged Black Dragon, Bodhidharma, desire, form, sage, Tathagatas, Tsung-mi
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Riding the head of the Black Dragon
Zen Buddhism strives, to get you the fastest possible way, to the undivided light of the Unborn Mind. Your own true nature. From there on, the true path of the ariyan Mind begins, and the light of Mahayana, shining with … Continue reading
Posted in Tozen Teaching
Tagged Black Dragon, Lankavatara Sutra, light, Mind, Spirit, Tozen, Zen, Zen Buddhism
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