Category: Zen Meditation
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Karma and Family Heirlooms
In pre-industrial America, it was common for family heirlooms to be passed down from one generation to another. A woman might wear her mother’s wedding dress to get married or a father might give his prized car to his son as a graduation present. Other times, the heirloom might be less descript; a bookcase that…
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What Is Living Awareness? | Awaken the Living Awareness Within ∞ ΛWΛRΞNΞSS ∞
~ ღ ~ Living Awareness ~ ((( ॐ ))) ~ The Fountain of Youth ~ ღ ~ ~ ∞ ~ ~ ॐ ~ Awaken to ~ ॐ ~ • Living Awareness • ~ ∞ ~ And now, we can delve deeper into Living Awareness itself. As we learned from the previous chapter, Living Awareness is…
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7 Levels of Living Awareness | Awaken the Living Awareness Within ∞ ΛWΛRΞNΞSS ∞
~ ღ ~ Living Awareness ~ ((( ॐ ))) ~ The Heart of Living Life ~ ღ ~ ~ ∞ ~ Self-Actualization ~ ∞ ~ This chapter is pretty much self-explanatory as it highlights the deeper levels of Living Awareness. You see, presence itself is our true nature, and the more we become aware of…
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DECIDE!
A talk given at the sesshin, 13 May 2023, New Orleans Zen Temple, by Richard Reishin Collins, Abbot Sometimes we have to be a sangha of one. We hear all the time about the Three Treasures: Buddha, Dharma, Sangha. These can be very abstract terms, however, so I always encourage you to nail those down…
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SEWANEE ZEN OPENS APRIL 2, 2023
Sewanee Zen will open for the first time on April 2, 2023, with an Introduction to Zen Practice at the new Stone Nest Dojo at 3818 Sherwood Road in Sewanee, Tennessee. The three-hour workshop will provide the basics of Zen practice: zazen (sitting concentration), kinhin (walking concentration), and dojo etiquette. Background on Zen Buddhism and…
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Do One Good Thing (Dharma Talk)
I discuss strategies for coping with suffering and the importance of focusing on positive actions that we can take in this present moment. If you enjoyed this Dharma talk, you’ll love my books!
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Sitting with Buddha and Fixing my House
Two years ago, I bought an old farmhouse in the middle of nowhere. I was tired of the noise and congestion of city life, and I wanted to be closer to nature. More than that, I wanted to use the skills I’d learned by apprenticing on organic farms across the country. I wanted to build…
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The Art of Mindful Living | Awaken the Living Awareness Within ∞ AWARΞNΞSS ∞
~ ∞ ~ The Art of Mindful Living – Awaken the Living Awareness Within ~ ∞ ~ In the previous chapter, we explored something called Lucid Living. As a supportive chapter, rather than a comprehensive one, this chapter introduces the reader something called the Art of Mindful Living, or short, just mindfulness. There are lots…
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The Art of Lucid Living | Awaken the Living Awareness Within ∞ ΛWΛRΞNΞSS ∞
~ ღ ~ Living Awareness ~ ((( ॐ ))) ~ The Heart of Living Life ~ ღ ~ Perhaps it is best to start this chapter by highlighting what Lucid Living is. The term itself goes hand in hand with the idea of Living Awareness – it is the implication of experiencing deeper levels of…
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Does barbie have buddha nature?
Having at last succumbed to the barrage of Barbenheimer mania, I can now share my thoughts on the two films from a Zen perspective. (For now, though, I’ll restrict my remarks to Barbie.) My first reaction to Greta Gerwig’s Barbie was that it was the story of the Buddha. Like Siddhartha, she begins life (if…