Other Teachings – Page 24 – Mountain Cloud Zen Center

The Three Refuges, Part 2, The Dharma

Buddham saranam gacchami Dhammam saranam gacchami Sangham saranam gacchami Written by Ruben Habito, Click to read Part 1 of The Three Refuges Part II—The Dharma Refuge We are in the

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The Three Refuges: Part 1, The Buddha

Buddham saranam gacchami Dhammam saranam gacchami Sangham saranam gacchami Written By Ruben Habito Part I–The Buddha Refuge My task in the next three talks is to articulate what happens when

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Facing the Wall

It’s me and my shadow again: the little night I cast on the wall looking cubist this morning, square-shouldered, pin-headed. All the trouble, all the pain, yearning and hope: all

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Wind in Trees

When trees toss in high wind and a suspicion of rain travels across their dark faces, I long for the old summers under smoky oaks. Whoever I am, it’s not

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Was Descartes Right? by Yamada Ryuon

The oak tree in the garden, but there is no I. Written by YAMADA Ryoun, the Abbot of the Sanbo Zen, from the “Opening Comments” of Kyôshô (Sanbô-Zen’s official magazine)

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Flowers are Silent

Flowers are silent, Silence is silent, The Mind is a silent flower, The silent flower of the World Opens. -Ikkyu Zenji Photo and composition by Rosa Bellino.

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People do not Die, by Yamada Ryoun

To put it very simply we can say that Shakyamuni’s discovery was that we are not born. Written by YAMADA Ryoun, the Abbot of the Sanbo Zen, from the “Opening

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Fundimental Meaning of Buddha-dharma

Zen master Daowu visited the assembly of master Shitou. Daowu asked, “What is the fundamental meaning of Buddha-dharma?” Shitou said, “Not to attain, not to know”. Daowu said, “Is

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Is Zen a Religion? by Yamada Ryoun

The true self that has been found is really one with all that is. The self and the whole universe are originally one being. Zen is not a religion. This

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Bubbles on the Sea

When we see truly, there is nothing at all. There is no person; there is no Buddha. Innumerable things of the universe Are just bubbles on the sea. Wise sages

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Awareness Bound and Unbound, by David Loy, Part 3 of 3

What does it really mean for awareness to be here-and-now, de-conditioned from attention traps both individual and collective? Click to read Part 1 and Part 2 of Awareness Bound and

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Awareness Bound and Unbound, by David Loy, Part 2 of 3

…attention has become the basic commodity to be exploited. Click to read Part 1 of Awareness Bound and Unbound. The Commodification of Attention For most of us in the developed

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Awareness Bound and Unbound, by David Loy, Part 1 of 3

Let the mind come forth without fixing it anywhere. (Diamond Sutra) The Platform Sutra makes the same point: “When our mind works freely without any hindrance, and is at liberty

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A Very Impressive Gentleman, by Guy Zimmerman

Seeing Gotama so deeply engaged with the radical contingency of his time and place underscores how dogma will not help us – we must engage with experience breath by breath.

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