Claude Anshin Thomas’ book, Bringing Meditation To Life, is a collection of short, practical Zen teachings. Chapter 10 is titled “Go...

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...

2. Initial Efforts to Apply the Methods of Meditation When first taking up the practice of counting breaths, your attention will often...

There have been many new and seasoned practitioners of the Buddha Way that have struggled and continue to struggle with Zazen/Meditation....

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...

You can never be too compassionate - thinking of the other person and how that person will be affected by your actions towards that...