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...

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...

5. Pure but Effortful Concentration on the Method In the fifth phase, there exists only pure counting of breaths. There are neither...

4. Subtle and Unbroken Application of the Method Just as before, you are able to maintain concentration on counting breaths...

3. Coarse but Unbroken Applications of the Method By the third level, you are able to maintain uninterrupted concentration and count each...

In the evening gatha, chanted by many Zen Buddhist groups, we are reminded that “life and death are of supreme importance, time swiftly...

Dogen teaches in his Mountains and Rivers sutra that, “The walking of the Blue Mountains is swifter than the wind, but human beings in...

Mountains and waters right now are the actualization of the buddhas and ancestors – Dogen, Mountains and Rivers Sutra Seven years ago I...

Gatha for Healing Racial, Systemic and Social Inequity Aware of the suffering caused by racial, systemic, and social inequities, we...

"I just finished rereading the Hsin Hsin Ming and I had forgot how deep it got into oneness. It was a good reminder of being in the...