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The foreverness of Zen
Nothing in this life is Zen. Not your assumed birth, nor an inevitable cessation of your present biological matrix. One´s dreams, desires, ideas, and imaginations are not Zen. Faith in Zen, or the dharma, is not Zen. This world, or … Continue reading
Posted in Spirituality, Tozen Teaching, Zen
Tagged Death, Mind-only, nirvana, rebirth, True Nature, Zen
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Like an Ethereal Flower
[* It needs to be stated at the outset that the Sagathakam as translated by Suzuki oftentimes just stated “Chapter/Verse”, in which the reader was forced to go back into the main text to discover the full verses. What follows … Continue reading
The Desecration of Nirvana
“Once again, Śāriputra, on the basis of the view that there is decrease, these beings further entertain three types of views. These three types of views and that view that there is decrease are inseparable, like [the threads of] a … Continue reading
Posted in Anūnatvāpūrṇatvanirdeśaparivarta
Tagged annihilation, extinction, indifference threshold, nihilism, nirvana, Right View
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The mind of 84,000 hooks.
This is the sole gospel of Mara, the Evil One, so pay careful attention; Within each seed granted your self, there is a promise of a beautiful flower. One of completeness and bliss or even vengeance and destruction. In the … Continue reading
The Tathagata’s Womb
Carl Van Brunt (Hakeda) CHAPTER TWO The Correction of Evil Attachments I.THE BIASED VIEWS HELD BY ORDINARY MEN There are five kinds of biased views held by ordinary men that may be discussed. Hearing that it is explained in the sutra that … Continue reading
Posted in The Awakening of Faith
Tagged BIASED, Hīnayānists, nirvana, Suchness, tathagata-garbha, understanding, VIEWS
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The Hidden Jewel
“O Bhagavat! We have always thought we had attained complete nirvana. We now realize that we were ignorant. Why is this? We should have attained the wisdom of the Tathāgatas. Yet we were satisfied with little wisdom! “O Bhagavat! Suppose … Continue reading
The Prodigal Sons
The thing that strikes me most about the parable in Chapter 4, the “‘Buddhist’ Prodigal Son”, is that it is told to the Buddha (instead of vice-versa) by four of his most loyal disciples, Subhuti, Maha Katyayana, MahaMaudgalyayana and particularly … Continue reading
Posted in The Lotus Sutra
Tagged dust, loneliness, Mahākāśyapa, nirvana, prodigal, Tathagata
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Śāriputra’s Persistence
At that time it occurred to the great assembly of twelve hundred śrāvakas, arhats free from corruption, beginning with Ājnāta kauṇḍinya, and the other monks, nuns, laymen, and laywomen who had set out to become śrāvakas and pratyekabuddhas: “Why has … Continue reading
Posted in The Lotus Sutra
Tagged Dharma, faith, nirvana, perseverance, persistence, Śāriputra
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(18) Now
You are in truth, pure light. No more, no less. The only reality of this light is NOW and nothing else. Do not mistake this, NOW, to be the temporal moments of your body-consciousness, for its true nature eludes the … Continue reading
Posted in The Dragon Mind of Zen Tarot
Tagged auspicious, Mind, nirvana, Now, REAL, skandhas
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Choose Not…
The Way of the Unborn is not burdensome Just let-go of partiality Be neither positive nor negative Stay illumined If you are off by a hairsbreadth Nirvana and samsara are infinitely divided Remaining centered in the Unborn is our Natural … Continue reading
Posted in Hsin Hsin Ming
Tagged choices, Luminous Actuosity, neti, neti-neti, nirvana, samsara, The Way, Unborn
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