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(24) Vibration

The basis for the sanskrit language is that sound, made up by vibrations, equals energy.

Once a practitioner connects with the energy-field regulating breath (prāṇa), a heightened awareness power arises which then makes it possible to expand with the “body” of this field (riding the wave of spirit) hence sensing the constitution of the room, surrounding people, plants and even spirits. This then leads towards realization that it (samsara) is all of One Energy, one vibration, originating from the One Mind, e.g. your true nature before your parents were born. read more

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Tozen: The four states of Zen bliss/samadhi by means of Tathagata Zen

A good student asked me;

“If IT (the light) is a feeling, it is not the self. Then how is uniting with a
feeling the right progress (practice)? ” read more

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Benediction

Fifteen: Benediction

[Gemmell]

“If a good disciple, whether man or woman, in the morning, at noonday, and at eventide, sacrificed lives innumerable as the sands of the Ganges, and thus without intermission throughout infinite ages; and if another disciple, hearing this Scripture proclaimed, steadfastly believed it, his felicity would be appreciably greater than the other. But how much greater must be the felicity of a disciple who transcribes the sacred text, observes its precepts, studies its Laws, and repeats the Scripture that others may be edified thereby?” read more

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Tozen: The great light of Mahayana – a short guide into the Mind of Tathagata Zen

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