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Seek, seek! Don't seek, don't seek!

Posted on Jun 18th, 2009 by Ted Biringer : Flatbed Sutra Ted Biringer

A visiting student said, "It seems to me that your teaching is sometimes contradictory. One time you say, ‘There is nothing to seek.' Then, at other times you say, ‘Arouse your determination to cease conceptualization.'... More »

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No Absolute Truths

Posted on Mar 18th, 2009 by Ted Biringer : Flatbed Sutra Ted Biringer

There are no definitive doctrines, no absolute truths. In fact, there is nothing to attain. You should not allow my words or anyone's, to come between you and your own fundamental awareness. The best you... More »

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The Stink of Zen

Posted on Feb 16th, 2009 by Ted Biringer : Flatbed Sutra Ted Biringer

Personally, I would like to obliterate the vast unnamable fathomless void and extinguish everything that stinks of spiritual practice. Pure and clear awareness is nothing but a booby trap, ceasing conceptualization is the blackest poison... More »

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