Sublime

Zen priest in both the Soto and Rinzai schools of Zen Buddhism. He has distilled what he’s learned over the course of decades of study into a series of teachings that he calls Big Mind and has been a game changer for thousands of people.

Don’t follow the past. Don’t anticipate the future. Remain in the present moment. Leave your mind alone.

Evidently, Nyoshul Lungtok was an academic belonging to the gradualist persuasion. Again, if we relate the thirteen cantos to the four samayas and trekcho and togal, the first five cantos relate to the first two samayas and trekcho, while the remaining eight cantos treat the third and fourth samayas and togal. Specifically, the canto entitled Spaci

The spiritual practice described here is not about becoming a better person. It is not about increasing your skills, being more effective in your life, healing old wounds or being successful. It is about finding a way that leaves you at peace in your life and free to respond to others in whatever way is appropriate.

The ability to differentiate between desires and needs is essential for the aspiring yogi. We can practice limiting desires and appreciating the things we do have as a custodian rather than as an owner so as not to build identification and attachment to material items.

creativity, courage, curiosity, a sense of connection, compassion, clarity, calm, confidence.

Deity yoga bursts this yearning by requiring us to become the deity, overcoming the conventional subject-object duality.