Category: Zen Meditation
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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…
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Integrity
A talk given at Stone Nest Dojo by Richard Collins, 28 May 2023 An integer is a positive natural number or a negative number, with no fractional part, and includes zero. One thing that we see in the Zen masters whom we read about from long ago is that they had integrity. This doesn’t mean…
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Love the Fight
No one ever talks about the connection between homesteading and crisis management. If one goes to Instagram and searches for #homesteadlife or #hobbyfarm, they’ll be greeted with pictures of happy chickens, well-groomed garden beds, and barns that look like they came from a magazine. The message is that growing food and caring for animals is…
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Living a Holy Life
In the meditation hall, I have an altar dedicated to Amida Buddha and the bodhisattvas Kannon and Jizo. It contains three statues, which bear their respective images along with candles and an incense burner. The statues are of good quality, but they aren’t that different from other figurines. They’re white, standing approximately six inches tall.…
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The Basics: Interconnected Spiritual Quantum Multiverse | Wisdom Teachings of Sambodhi Padmasamadhi (Volumes 1-70)
This is the preface and introduction for a 70-volume series called “Wisdom Teachings of Sambodhi Padmasamadhi.” Due to their length, the text has been divided into multiple parts. Here is the full list of contents for your convenience. • Preface. • Dear Future Humanity. • What are these books about? • Introduction. …
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Omūno, Edūnī, Vedūnī-verse, SOUL ENIGMA (Sambodhi Padmasamadhi-Kāra of Apadāthī)
• Definitions: Omūno-verse, Edūnī-verse, Vedūnī-verse. • Intersection and Interconnectedness of Omūno-verse, Edūnī-verse, Vedūnī-verse. • Exploration of SOUL_ENIGMA (Sambodhi Padmasamadhi-Kāra of Apadāthī). • SOUL_ENIGMA as an Omūno-verse. • Omūno-verse (Exploration, Mystery, Meaning). • Edūnī-verse (Exploration, Meaning, Message). • Vedūnī-verse (Exploration, Metaphysics, Revelation). • Sambodhi Padmasamadhi-Kāra of Apadāthī (Exploration, Path, Wisdom). 001 Definitions: Omūno-verse, Edūnī-verse,…
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A GLIMPSE OF IT
Zen poetry comes in many forms. There are the essential ancient wisdom poems by masters, like the Shodoka, the Shinjinmei, and the Hokyo Zanmai. There are koan poems and poems that comment on koans. There are poetry contests, like the one described in the Platform Sutra. There are satori poems and death poems. There are…
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Oppenheimer the Hungry ghost
“The Supreme Lord [Krishna/Vishnu] said: I am mighty Time, the source of destruction that comes forth to annihilate the worlds. Even without your participation, the warriors arrayed in the opposing army shall cease to exist.” – Bhagavad Gita 11:32 While there are no overt references to Buddhism in Oppenheimer, the underlying themes that connect to central…
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92. Keep A Not Moving Center
You must silence the constant stream of mental chatter. “It is hard toconceptualize, no less experience an openness of mind in the midst of thisconstant internal chatter.” Guo Gu Poet Ryokan also famously said, “There is nothing better than saying nothing.” Itis both possible and actually preferable to teach others simply by a calmpresence. Speak…