The Life of Training
…by, metaphorically speaking, they may not look like much. And they will definitely be human. And they will blow their nose and they will burp, and they will make missteps:… Continue reading →
…by, metaphorically speaking, they may not look like much. And they will definitely be human. And they will blow their nose and they will burp, and they will make missteps:… Continue reading →
…nation. He then took them back to the traditional area of dispute between the people of Lytton and the people of Mount Currie – the Stein Valley, where battles used… Continue reading →
…important thing is doing the training necessary (the “getting the self out of the way”) to hear and follow that Greater Thing. Renouncing the world in the formal sense to… Continue reading →
…merit. At nearly every ceremonial event in the Zen tradition, there is some mention of the idea of offering the merit of the ceremonial for the benefit of other beings…. Continue reading →
…no to the candy recognizing that the real cause of the suffering – the craving that causes the tantrum – is the mistaken view, on the child’s part, that they… Continue reading →
…harmony. After admitting to the possibility of the distortion or attachment that creates suffering, there is then the work of being willing to do something about that. There are many… Continue reading →
…the robe of Buddhist monastic worn usually over the left shoulder and covering the other robes. The kesa symbolizes the commitment to the precepts and to the practice. The small… Continue reading →
…recognize this aversion and the quibbling and to try to work against it by defaulting to going to such things, even if I didn’t want to, as a way of… Continue reading →
…thread that runs through everyday life and eventually returns us to the Buddha; the thread that runs from yesterday to today and from today to tomorrow; and on into eternity,… Continue reading →
…away. The meditating on the absence of self and other, the oneness of mortal and sage is the letting go of our dualistic preoccupations from moment to moment; just noticing… Continue reading →