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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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Both sitting and walking meditation are excellent ways to step back into your own fundamental awareness and I recommend them to everyone, especially beginners. However, no particular style of meditation is right for everyone. ~The... More »
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Once you have deeply experienced and realized the oneness of yourselves, the universe, and the many things, the Zen path calls you to the forge of the ancestors. By using your buddha-eye, that is, your... More »
Ted Biringer
Good friends, all of the great masters urged their hearers to illumine the teachings of sages and actualize the wisdom of reality through observation meditation. Having awakened to the innate function of nonthinking through the... More »
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Good friends, post-kensho practice and enlightenment is what taking the path of Zen is all about. If the path of Zen called only for achieving a state of emptiness or pure awareness or some other... More »
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All the myriad things are nothing but the one mind of each of you, why should you fear your own creations? Why should you chase after possessions, everything is already yours. Everything pours forth from... More »
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The sun, moon, sky, and stars, Mountains, rivers, plants, and animals, Houses, streets, pots, and pans, All stand up when you stand up. ~The Flatbed Sutra of Louie Wing
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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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The buddha-dharma that is the universe is full of numerous qualities and wonders without end. There are " worlds in the four directions," even in this present moment, and in a single drop of water.... More »
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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 »
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