Joseph Burgess

if we sacrifice Reality in the basic and universal elements, we end up sacrificing the same Reality in ourselves.

For a true contemplative, a gratuitously falling green leaf will awaken awe and wonder just as much as a golden tabernacle in a cathedral.

Market research is simply about answering these 3 questions:

• What Powerful Ability do customers want to gain?


• What Desired Outcome do they want to achieve with that ability?


• What kind of Ideal Experience are they hoping to have?

Liberate the tendency to judge yourself as being above, below, or the same as others. By penetrating deeply into judgment, you will live at peace.

The late Jiyu-Kennett Roshi, a Zen teacher, said the training of liberation begins with compassion for the self, and that cultivating a non-judgmental mind toward ourselves is the key to a genuine compassion for all beings.

It is important to remember that, in meditation, we have been cultivating the capacity to love the difficult. The time to use that capacity is always now.

his means forming the sitting posture as if it were happening for the very first time, feeling the actual rate and depth of the breath, bringing attention to where discomfort arises and, perhaps, moving gently and deliberately to relieve it.

This kind of attention isn’t always easy. Sometimes we’re able to be present and sometimes we’re not. Such... See more

The Way is easy. Just avoid choosing.’ He then added, ‘but as soon as you use words, you’re saying, “This is choosing,” or “This is clarity.” This old monk can’t stay in clarity. Do you still hold on to anything or not?’ (My translation.)