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Ted Biringer
Zen Master Dogen's Genjokoan says: To be actualized by the many things is to allow the body-and-mind of your self and the body-and-mind of other than your self to fall away. When the body-and-mind of... More »
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There is not a single objective particle in the entire universe; all that you perceive is nothing other than your own mind... Both self and objects are nothing but conceptual ideas based on dualistic thinking.... More »
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It is never apart from your immediate awareness. Realization is nothing other then awakening to the fact that you and the unnamable void are not two. When you realize that, you awaken from the dream... More »
Ted Biringer
A sage does not hold views of self and other that is why a sage is called a sage. A sage realizes that each particular thing is at once all things, and when each thing... More »
Ted Biringer
Louie Wing said, "If you want to know a way in, listen. Cease chasing thoughts around in your mind, cease defining things around you, take a step back and abide in your own clear awareness... More »
Ted Biringer
If you truly awaken, you will not be concerned with reality, you will not be enamoured with enlightened masters or teachers, you will not be tangled up in ideas about the rewards of spiritual practice.... More »
Ted Biringer
If you are moved with aspiration to awaken, consider the wholeness of each moment. Each moment includes all of space and time. The beginningless past is centered here; the endless future is centered here. Nothing... More »
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Louie Wing nearly always traveled on foot, but when he needed to get somewhere faster, he would sometimes ride his bicycle. His bicycle was old, rusty, and small , a child’s bike really. When people... More »
Ted Biringer
Not realizing that the liberation you seek is functioning perfectly in your own mind, you search far and wide, study various doctrines, and seek guidance from enlightened teachers. Even if your aspiration is genuine, if... More »
Ted Biringer
An Excerpt From The Commentary on Shobogenzo, Genjokoan , in The Flatbed Sutra of Louie Wing… The Buddha’s truth includes and transcends the many and the one, and so there is life and death, there... More »
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