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Just This: Discovering Your Buddha Nature

Trusting "Don't Know"

What Is Our Motivation?

The Groundless Ground

A Nichiren dharma teacher on Buddhism’s view of dharmakaya The post The Groundless Ground appeared first on Tricycle: The Buddhist Review.

Four Circumstances For Practice

Morning Meditaton — If you have genuine insight.

‘True understanding — if you have genuine insight, birth and death will not affect you, and you will be free to come and to go.’ Zen Master Rinzai

How the Great Zen Master and Peace Activist Thich Nhat Hanh Found Himself and Lost His Self in a Library Epiphany

"To live, we must die every instant. We must perish again and again in the storms that make life possible."

Stephan Bodian on the "Pathless" Path to Awakening

Most traditional spiritual paths are progressive. You have to keep monitoring the changes. The direct approach is more about dismantling the one who is trying to improve.

Four Seasons

The True Job of Enlightenment | Beyond Silence and Solitude

Morning Meditation: Buddha is someone who finds freedom.

‘Buddha is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad.’ Bodhidharma

Teachings of Zen Master Man Gong (Part 1)

Zen Practice: The Way to Find Your True Nature1. In our world, there is no place to find your true self, nor a teacher to show you how. Only in a Zen Buddhist practice place can yo...

Walking past the Candy Store

A Zen teacher on the importance of having a spiritual practice without the expectation of reward The post Walking past the Candy Store appeared first on Tricycle: The Buddhist Revi...

Morning meditation — Wherever the eye falls, Thusness.

‘Wherever the eye falls, Thusness.’ Chan Master Sengcan

Morning meditation — Realise the Truth within.

‘Those who are able to realise the Truth within their own mind have sown the seed of Buddhahood. Hui Neng

Morning Meditation — The goodness of Vimalakirti enters the gate.

'The motto for becoming genuine: nothing is gained by speaking. The goodness of Vimalakirti enters the gate of nonduality.' Hongzhi Zhengjue

Morning meditation — None may consider himself the same a moment after.

‘None may consider himself the same a moment after.’ Chan Master Fenyang

Morning Meditation — Beware of random judgements.

‘Beware of random judgements. I say it clearly as it is — to understand or not to understand, both are mistaken.’ Zen Master Rinzai

Morning meditation — Whatever is impermanent is suffering.

‘None may consider himself the same a moment after.’ Chan Master Fenyang

Morning Meditation — l’ve come to solve the question of life and death.

‘A monk once asked Zen master Egen “l've come to solve the question of life and death”. Egen drove him away saying, “at Egens place there is no such thing as life and death!”’ Zen...

Morning Meditation — The True Self which is seeing has been seen into.

'In one instant, as it is, is an infinite number of kalpas. An infinite number of kalpas are at the same time this one instant. If you see into this fact, The True Self which is...

Not Preferring Samsara or Nirvana

On the power of ritual and holding both the sadness of the human condition as well as the power and vision of the Great Eastern Sun. The post Not Preferring Samsara or Nirvana appe...

Morning meditation — The ultimate source of unskilful actions.

‘Those who know the teaching of the ‘Sudden’ School and attach no importance to rituals, and whose mind functions always under right views, so that they are absolutely free from de...

What Is Strong Sitting?