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...
Do Not Squander Your Life
In the evening gatha, chanted by many Zen Buddhist groups, we are reminded that “life and death are of supreme importance, time swiftly...
Blue Mountains are Always Walking
Dogen teaches in his Mountains and Rivers sutra that, “The walking of the Blue Mountains is swifter than the wind, but human beings in...
Drop the Bucket List
Mountains and waters right now are the actualization of the buddhas and ancestors – Dogen, Mountains and Rivers Sutra Seven years ago I...
Healing Social Injustice
Gatha for Healing Racial, Systemic and Social Inequity Aware of the suffering caused by racial, systemic, and social inequities, we...
Viral Confinement
"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...