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Category Archives: cultivation
Analyzing…
I find that I’m constantly asking myself and others questions. I was eating some candy the other day and realized I was admiring the pastel colors. I asked myself, would I eat Jordan almonds if they were all white? Other … Continue reading
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“The Smile”
He smiles… He has been taught. I smile… I have taught myself. You smile… It is your nature. The other smiles… Within and without at peace. 2/17/16
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Joseph Goldstein’s “On Dhamma”
When you begin studying Buddhism, it’s easy to get mired in terms and lists. And because your teacher has curriculum to think about, and wants to cover particular sutras on some kind of schedule, the way he’ll do it is … Continue reading
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Mythology…or no Mythology
On the 4th, The Zennist wrote about his frustration with the de-mythologizing of Buddhism in the post-spiritual Western world. I see this situation somewhat differently. In a congregation of cradle-Buddhist Chinese Americans, there’s no need to re-mythologize, because they’ve been … Continue reading
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The One Mind Precepts of Bodhidharma
We’re actually studying something about these in Zen Buddhism Level III, as we finish up the “Sutra of 42 Chapters.” “Taking the Precepts” by Josho Pat Phelan of the center in Charlotte (This is a detailed talk in 2 parts) … Continue reading
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From My Links
This is something that might interest you from the Jed McKenna Weblog. Thoughts on enlightenment by many voices. [See letranger101, Jan.3 2014] I’d like to add something from one of Adyashanti’s satsangs. He makes the point that enlightenment (a word … Continue reading
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Discernment in Finding Teachers
One of the problems we Westerners often have is an attachment to or distress with the “exoticism” of Zen Buddhism. We get swept up into the Chinese or Japanese culture, and often there is something of a language barrier as … Continue reading
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Dealing with Beauty
1. The Woman from the North I was tired and it had been a long week. We were a huge group, attending one of the interminable post-retreat “tea parties” in the monastery dining room. Person after person was getting up … Continue reading
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The Unanticipated Results of Practice
In Ch’an they call it “cultivation,” but I came out of a Japanese school several years ago–“cultivation” is okay; “practice” is fine, too. It doesn’t just involve bottom-on-cushion-control-your-thoughts. What you learn seeps out into real life. But let’s look at … Continue reading
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Good Clean Zen 