Sailing on the Ocean of Picking and Choosing
The first two lines of the Xin Xin Ming (“Verses on Faith-Mind”) are Attaining the Great Way is not difficult, Just avoid picking and choosing. …
The posts in this category are very short teisho by Gendo Sensei. Please feel free to leave comments!
The first two lines of the Xin Xin Ming (“Verses on Faith-Mind”) are Attaining the Great Way is not difficult, Just avoid picking and choosing. …
As most of you know, zazen or seated meditation (“sitting”) is the core of our practice. Zazen helps us quiet the mind, temporarily reducing and …
Eihei Dogen Zenji once said to his assembly: A dragon howls in a dark cave; the whole universe quiets. A tiger roars at the edge …
I think of painting as a matter of placing pigments of various kinds on paper or fabric. Depending on the nature of the pigment, it …
Like the moon in its many phases, human beings, trees, mountains, asteroids, and amoebas are all subject to moment-by-moment creation and destruction. Most people who …
Each of us strives to live a perfect life, just as Shakyamuni Buddha once did. Unlike the Buddha, however, most of think of a perfect …
We know that the moon’s light is actually the reflected light of the sun. For billions of years, the moon has reflected this light and …
A sliver of moon is brighter than the full moon. Do you understand what I mean by that? Most people go out of their way …
Bodhisattvas, we should not say we are too busy to come to practice. Nor should we say we are too tired, too sick, or too …
Greetings, members and friends of Great Wave. I wanted to let you know that this summer I will be starting to write occasional posts at …
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