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Buddha
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Discourse on the Absolute Truth

December 14, 2021December 13, 2021 Vanessa Able

According to Buddhist teaching, clinging to views is an empty and futile way of interfacing with the world.

Tagged Buddha, Buddhism, dogmatism, Elephant, Freedom, ideology, Sutras, sutta, truth, views, WisdomLeave a comment
Buddha Sabbasava Sutta
Sutra Excerpts, The Masters

The Full Awareness of Breathing

September 6, 2021September 11, 2021 Vanessa Able

In the Anapanasati Sutta, the Buddha presents a visceral kind of practice with the breath, that illuminates the experience of joy, calm and impermanence.

Tagged awareness, Breathing meditation, Buddha, Buddhism, calm, Joy, liberation, Meditation, presence, sutta, UnderstandingLeave a comment
Buddha
Sutra Excerpts, Sutras, The Masters

The Buddha’s Last Teaching: Be Your Own Island, Your Own Refuge

August 9, 2021August 9, 2021 Vanessa Able

The Buddha's final words of advice to his students before he died were to take refuge in the dharma and in themselves.

Tagged Advice, Buddha, Death, dharma, island, Mahaparinibbanasutta, refuge, responsibility, Sutras, teachingLeave a comment
Guo Gu
Interview

Body Like a Rag, Mind Like a Mirror – Guo Gu Breaking Through Boundaries

August 4, 2021September 22, 2021 Vanessa Able

Chan teacher Guo Gu on silent illumination, punk music and his teacher Sheng Yen's legacy.

Tagged Body, Buddha, Buddhism, Chan, Culture, embodiment, experiencing, interview, language, Mind, Poetry, punk, Silent Illumination, Vimalakirti, Yongjia Xuanjue, Zen1 Comment
Eihei Dogen
Book Bits, The Masters, Zen

Dogen’s Seal of the Ocean: How Meditation and Life Can Flow Like Water

July 6, 2021August 13, 2021 Vanessa Able

Japanese Zen Master Eihei Dogen invokes an oceanic state of non-identification as something that expresses the true Dharma, or our true nature, according to the teachings of Buddha.

Tagged authenticity, being, Buddha, depth, Meditation, ocean, oceanic, sea, seal, Shobogenzo, Source, Water, Zen1 Comment
Lion
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When the Lion Roars

January 25, 2021January 25, 2021 Vanessa Able

An ancient Buddhist teaching and sutra about the power of the call back to the truth of ourselves.

Tagged Buddha, devas, dharma, disruption, lion, power, Sutras, teaching, transformationLeave a comment
Jack Kornfield
Book Bits

The Path Through the Gateless Gate

January 11, 2021January 11, 2021 Vanessa Able

Jack Kornfield teaches that too much emphasis on 'special' experiences might take us away from the practice of opening up to what is in front of us.

Tagged Awakening, Buddha, ecstasy, effortlessness, Enlightenment, Experience, Gateless Gate, Mystical, Practice, present moment1 Comment
Sharon Salzberg
Book Bits

Better Than We Think: Directing Self-Love

November 30, 2020November 30, 2020 Vanessa Able

Sharon Salzberg on why the richest way of loving means starting with our very selves.

Tagged Buddha, Buddhism, guilt, Kindness, love, Loving-Kindness, Meditation, metta, remorse, self-love, TheravadaLeave a comment
Bodhidharma
Book Bits, The Masters, Zen

Bodhidharma’s Bloodstream Sermon

November 23, 2020November 27, 2020 Vanessa Able

Bodhidharma's fundamental teaching was that the Buddha can only be found in the mind since its essence is mind itself.

Tagged Bodhidharma, Buddha, Chan, dhyana, Enlightenment, Meditation, Mind, self-awareness, true nature, ZenLeave a comment
Buddha
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Avoiding Extremes: Buddha’s Discourse on the Middle Way

November 2, 2020November 2, 2020 Vanessa Able

Buddhist thinking about existence and non-existence is characterised by a re-framing of the parameters of the question, to be or not to be?

Tagged attachment, balance, being, Buddha, buddhist philosophy, discourse, extremes, Kacchayana, Middle Way, non-being, perception, Sutra, Sutras, views1 Comment

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