The Seventh Phase of Meditative Development by Master Sheng-Yen
HARMONIZING THE MIND So here we are. We have come to the last phase of Master Sheng-Yen's teaching: No-Self, No-Mind. My hope is that you...
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The Sixth Phase of Meditative Development by Master Sheng-Yen
This month we look at phase six, ''The Unified Mind of Samadhi''. This is where your whole world is blown to bits. Where all of your...
The Fifth Phase of Meditative Development by Master Sheng-Yen
5. Pure but Effortful Concentration on the Method In the fifth phase, there exists only pure counting of breaths. There are neither...
The Fourth Phase of Meditative Development by Master Sheng-Yen
4. Subtle and Unbroken Application of the Method Just as before, you are able to maintain concentration on counting breaths...
The Third Phase of Meditative Development by Master Sheng-Yen
3. Coarse but Unbroken Applications of the Method By the third level, you are able to maintain uninterrupted concentration and count each...
The Second Phase of Meditative Development by Master Sheng-Yen
2. Initial Efforts to Apply the Methods of Meditation When first taking up the practice of counting breaths, your attention will often...
The First Phase of Meditative Development by Master Sheng-Yen
There have been many new and seasoned practitioners of the Buddha Way that have struggled and continue to struggle with Zazen/Meditation....
Finding the Ember
NOTE: A recent talk by Roshi Joan Halifax of Upaya Zen Center, Santa Fe, New Mexico served as the inspiration for me to write this...
Compassion and the Self
You can never be too compassionate - thinking of the other person and how that person will be affected by your actions towards that...
The Precepts: Active Harmony
How many of you have been thoroughly frustrated in your endeavor to follow the precepts? I know I have. How many of us have taken a...