Tag Archives: Tozen

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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Eternal Birth

Posted on January 7, 2022 by Vajragoni

It is within Eckhart’s exact art of preaching and the “ascesis of attentive listening” that the transcendent awareness of the Divine Birth takes place, and the mystical ground is self-realized; incidentally this is the same act as proclaiming and receiving … Continue reading →

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Monastery of the Mind

Posted on October 19, 2021 by Vajragoni

You make reference on your homepage that this is a “little electronic refuge and monastery”…How is this so? Usually when one envisions what a monastery is like images of majestic structures come to mind, such as La Grande Chartreuse Carthusian … Continue reading →

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The Lanka’s Nirvana

Posted on November 11, 2020 by Vajragoni

As a quick reference, the abridged version of the Lankavatara Sutra as found in the Buddhist Bible, Chapter XIII, offers a general overview of the Lanka’s take on Nirvana. Our Study will offer here a more extensive treatment as covered … Continue reading →

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By Me You Are

Posted on January 11, 2019 by Vajragoni

2. By Me You Are After that the [Supreme Source], the mind of complete purity, dwelt in what is called a contemplation (samadhi) of ‘all things emerge from Her.’ Mind Itself in Deep Contemplative-Samadhi recognizes that all things emerge from … Continue reading →

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Prajñā

Posted on January 1, 2019 by Vajragoni

Image by Lori Gardi As long as there is something attained, there is so much error rising; when the Mind itself is thoroughly understood, error neither rises nor ceases. The perennial problem often with zen-adepts is that some form of … Continue reading →

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Minus the Creator God

Posted on December 21, 2018 by Vajragoni

[Cleary]: Imagination, what is imagined, and imagination’s action, bondage, what is bound, and being bound—these six are reasons for liberation. The number 6 is most prominent in Buddhism, witness the six paramitas, the six realms of impermanence, and even six … Continue reading →

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This is the destiny of most sentient minds…

Posted on August 25, 2017 by Tozen

Desire-Thought-Function. The creation of one enables the latter, ad-infinitum. From the first to the last and from the last back to the first. This is depicted in the image above showing the minds many, many ways and ability to manifest … Continue reading →

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Is the Loch-Ness Monster a Naga?

Posted on August 22, 2017 by Vajragoni

Back in 2014 Britain’s first Lama, Lama Gelongmo Zangmo, created a media sensation when she proclaimed that Scotland’s good ol’ Nessie was in actuality a Naga, as found in both Hinduism and Buddhism. “Zangmo’s position as a Caucasian woman who … Continue reading →

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Is there need for a teacher in Zen?

Posted on April 25, 2017 by Vajragoni

Oftentimes the question is asked, “Do I need a teacher in Zen?” Without going into some theoretical basis for this question, my own experience will be the foundation for hopefully providing some insight into this timely issue. My earliest exposures … Continue reading →

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