Zen tings
Words from the masters
Zen tings
Now I understand that what is most critical is our objective for living. We must clarify and see without any doubt that living a truly human life is our highest value.
Daitsu Tom Wright • The Roots of Goodness
We always look for meaning outside of what we do. But the real meaning of anything we do, or anything we are, is not something imposed from outside. It’s not an explanation. The meaning is the thing itself.
Brad Warner • It Came From Beyond Zen!
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
Do what you do as well as you possibly can. That’s Buddhist morality.
Brad Warner • Hardcore Zen
Buddhism is about letting people know they do not need to follow any authority. If you think you need an authority figure, go somewhere else.
Brad Warner • Hardcore Zen
Engaged Buddhism has emerged over the past few decades as a framework for understanding how Buddhists can integrate practicing the Dharma with social justice issues. Often, engaged Buddhism is understood to mean that practitioners use the Dharma as a tool to gain deeper insight into injustice and to craft strategies to act dharmically in the world... See more
‘Woman Hold My Hand’
‘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
And as I continued to practice and to talk with other students of the buddha dharma, I found that many people share the conditioning that leads us to think that there’s something wrong with us. If we could only get, do, or be something more, then we would be all right. It’s so easy for us to get the idea that there’s something wrong with us. And
... See moreZenju Earthlyn Manuel • Seeds for a Boundless Life: Zen Teachings from the Heart
We would rather call down war upon ourselves and others, wallowing in and grasping at our conceptual distinctions, than notice the ungraspable world of Wholeness and Totality that we’re already immersed in.