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he also spent many years as a Zen monk in the temple of Daitokuji in Kyoto,
Andrew Juniper • Wabi Sabi: The Japanese Art of Impermanence
the srota-apanna, who breaks out of the egg of the ego, and end with the arhan, whose soul is no longer subject
Red Pine • The Diamond Sutra: The Perfection of Wisdom
The retreat was to be under the direction of the Very Venerable Thrangu Rinpoche, a close dharma brother of Trungpa Rinpoche and one of the foremost teachers in the Kagyü lineage.
Reginald A. Ray • Secret of the Vajra World
Jack Kornfield tells the story of a particular evening when Hob was giving a Buddhist dharma talk. One evening, however, he found himself standing before a meditation group having forgotten who he was and why he was there. So he simply began to mindfully acknowledge out loud his experiences: “blank mind … curiosity, nervousness, calming, blank
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Dharani of the Great Compassionate One all the way down New York’s Second Avenue in a Volkswagen bus.
Alan Watts • In My Own Way: An Autobiography
Mahayana philosophy proposes a drastic but effective answer which is the theme of a class of literature called Prajna-paramita, or “wisdom for crossing to the other shore,” a literature closely associated with the work of Nagarjuna (c. A.D. 200), who ranks with Shankara as one of the greatest minds of India.
Alan W. Watts • The Way of Zen
Sometimes it’s said that the end of every out-breath is actually the end; the opportunity is there to die completely. Suzuki Roshi gave the instructions, “Sit still. Don’t anticipate. Just be willing to die over and over again.”