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No method of meditation is right for everyoned

Posted on Sep 30th, 2009 by Ted Biringer : Flatbed Sutra Ted Biringer

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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The Zen path of practice and enlightenment

Posted on Aug 20th, 2009 by Ted Biringer : Flatbed Sutra 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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Post-kensho practice and enlightenment on the Zen path

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

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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When you stand up...

Posted on Jun 7th, 2009 by Ted Biringer : Flatbed Sutra Ted Biringer

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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Universal Awareness

Posted on Apr 8th, 2009 by Ted Biringer : Flatbed Sutra Ted Biringer

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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Do you want to know what the unnamable void is?

Posted on Aug 21st, 2008 by Ted Biringer : Flatbed Sutra Ted Biringer

. As long as you continue to indulge yourselves in conceptual pursuits discerning what is spiritual and what is mundane, you will continue to be controlled by delusion. No matter how great your learning and... More »

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Best Practice for Awakening?

Posted on Jul 7th, 2008 by Ted Biringer : Flatbed Sutra Ted Biringer

Danielle asked, "Is there any practice that is best for awakening?" Louie Wing said, "The practice of ceasing conceptualization is best. If you can simply cease from habitual discrimination, your own luminous awareness will shine... More »

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