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Tag: Meditation

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
Santideva
Book Bits, The Masters

Focusing the Mind: Santideva’s Verses on Meditation and Relationship

June 7, 2021June 12, 2021 Vanessa Able

Santideva talks about the practice of meditation as a means to reveal Awakening Mind, here particularly focusing on the discipline and skill of relationship.

Tagged Advice, ancient texts, Bodhisattva, calming, concentration, indian buddhism, madhyamika, Meditation, Nagarjuna, santideva, teachingLeave a comment
Thich Nhat Hanh
Book Bits

Anger Is Me and I Am Anger

April 26, 2021April 26, 2021 Vanessa Able

Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh on how we can become intimate and compassionate with our own anger and even transform it into love.

Tagged anger, being, love, Meditation, peace, Zen2 Comments
Amy Lowell
Poetry

Amy Lowell – A Blockhead

April 7, 2021April 7, 2021 Vanessa Able

A modernist poet deeply influenced by Ezra Pound's Imagist movement, Amy Lowell was an energetic and innovative voice in early 20th century poetry.

Tagged Beginner's Mind, depression, Inspiration, Meditation, prayer beadsLeave a comment
Intersection
Way-Seeking Mind

Intersection

December 17, 2020December 16, 2020 Vanessa Able

BY NATALIE MUCKER J-o-s. He wrote on the white board in purple marker, then spun to face us—a handful of seated strangers—in the small, neat room.

Tagged brain, magic, mantra, Meditation, sound1 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
Keizan Jokin
Japanese Texts, Texts, The Masters

Returning Home – From Keizan Jokin’s Zazen Yojinki

October 5, 2020October 5, 2020 Vanessa Able

The Zazen Yojinki, written by 14th century Japanese master Keizan Jokin, covers the fundamental aspects of zazen, the form of Zen meditation.

Tagged Body, Buddha, home, Meditation, Mind, ocean, teaching text, zazen, Zazen instruction, ZenLeave a comment
j-krishnamurti
Book Bits

Love and Death are Inseparable

September 25, 2020September 25, 2020 Vanessa Able

Jiddu Krishnamurti's diaries reveal his 'process' and daily engagement with the the experience of his own consciousness and encounters with the unknown.

Tagged destruction, Diary, Journal, Meditation, observation, purity, reflectionLeave a comment
Boshan
Book Bits, Chinese Texts

Boshan and Fostering Great Doubt

September 14, 2020September 14, 2020 Vanessa Able

Doubt is a key incentive of the spiritual journey, and, as per the old adage 'Great doubt, great awakening', it is foundational to the enquiry of Zen.

Tagged Chinese Zen, doubt, faith, intellect, Meditation, supression, truthLeave a comment

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