Zen tings
Words from the masters
Zen tings
My teacher had a metaphor for the dissonance a good teacher generates:
A student asks a teacher for direction. "Tell me who I am. What should I do?"
A bad teacher gives answers. Adds burdens. More chains. Rules. The student is overjoyed to receive the answer and says, "Thank you! Now I know!"
A good teacher robs the student of answers. Unburdens them... See more
A student asks a teacher for direction. "Tell me who I am. What should I do?"
A bad teacher gives answers. Adds burdens. More chains. Rules. The student is overjoyed to receive the answer and says, "Thank you! Now I know!"
A good teacher robs the student of answers. Unburdens them... See more
dharma house: from monastery to co-housing
In the Chungnan Mountains south of Sian, I once met a Buddhist master who had founded four Buddhist colleges before finally retiring to spend her last years in a mountain hut. She told me in all seriousness that mantras were taught to humans by beings from another world. No doubt their authors were from another world. At the very least, it was a wo
... See moreRed Pine • The Heart Sutra
This is the only form of knowledge cultivated by a bodhisattva. The knowledge of dharmas turns out to be no knowledge, and the knowledge of no knowledge turns out to be the only knowledge worth knowing.
Red Pine • The Heart Sutra
‘But in Leonard’s world, the opposite of despair was not hope - it was clarity.‘
Shozan Jack Haubner
Writer and Zen monk https://t.co/sRWCBLlXv1
Your attitude towards things should not be contingent upon their quality. A person who is influenced by the quality of a thing, or who changes his speech or manner according to the appearance or position of the people he meets, is not a man working in the Way.
Kosho Uchiyama Roshi • How to Cook Your Life
Both day and night, allow all things to come into and reside within your mind. Allow your mind (Self) and all things to function together as a whole.19
Kosho Uchiyama Roshi • How to Cook Your Life
It is vital that we clarify and harmonize our lives with our work, and not lose sight of either the absolute or the practical.
Kosho Uchiyama Roshi • How to Cook Your Life
One aspect of time is to separate; the other is to connect. The aspect of time that separates you from oth-ers is the human world. The aspect of time that connects you to others is universal truth. You are connected with all beings in time, which permeates into every inch of the cosmic universe, and space, where everyone and every-thing exists toge... See more
Each moment is the universe : Zen and the way of being time
Dainin Katagiri, Each Moment is the Universe
spiritual life originates from the direct observation of impermanence.
Each moment is the universe : Zen and the way of being time
Dainin Katagiri, Every Moment is the Universe