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means of giving up thoughts. Whatever the centre or object on which
Ramana Maharshi • Be As You Are: The spiritual teachings and wisdom of Sri Ramana Maharshi (Arkana)
The most important discourse ever given by the Buddha on mental development (‘meditation’) is called the Satipaṭṭhāna-sutta ‘The Setting-up of Mindfulness’ (No. 22 of the Dīgha-nikāya, or No. 10 of the Majjhima-nikāyd).
Walpola Rahula • What the Buddha Taught
Shibayama Roshi said once in sesshin, “This Buddha that you all want to see, this Buddha is very shy. It’s hard to get him to come out and show himself.” Why is that? Because the Buddha is ourselves, and we’ll never see the Buddha until we’re no longer attached to all this extra stuff. We’ve got to be willing to go into ourselves honestly. When we
... See moreCharlotte J. Beck • Everyday Zen: Love and Work (Plus)
The most important discourse ever given by the Buddha on mental development (‘meditation’) is called the Satipaṭṭhāna-sutta ‘The Setting-up of Mindfulness’ (No. 22 of the Dīgha-nikāya, or No. 10 of the Majjhima-nikāyd).
Walpola Rahula • What the Buddha Taught
Ganesha asked him, “Do you hear the murmuring of the brook?”
“Yes, I hear it,” answered the monk.
“There is the entrance.”
Are.na
- Don’t ponder. You don’t need to figure everything out. Discursive thinking won’t free you from the trap. In
Henepola Gunaratana • Mindfulness in Plain English: 20th Anniversary Edition
The Buddha said, “Subhuti, what do you think? Does it occur to the Tathagata: ‘I teach a dharma’?”
Red Pine • The Diamond Sutra: The Perfection of Wisdom
one may regard the universe, the Dharmadhatu, from a number of equally valid points of view–as many, as one, as both one and many, and as neither one nor many. But the final position of Zen is that it does not take any special viewpoint, and yet is free to take every viewpoint according to the circumstances. In the words of Lin-chi: Sometimes I
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