A Cup of Tea (Fullness and Emptiness/1)
Nan-in was a Japanese master during the Meiji era One day he received a university professor Who came to inquire about Zen Nan-in served tea He poured his visitor’s cup full And then kept on…
Category: Wisdom Traditions
Tales of Munindra: “Be Happy, Be Peaceful, Be Liberated”
for Chris Wallach Sometimes the loving-kindness he intoned emanated in such a compelling way that, as Lynne Bousfield says, “you just got hit by the metta.” David Hopkins recalls such an experience at Dhamma Giri when…
Share the Wealth with Chris Wallach
If you want to understand your mind, sit down and observe it. –Munindra, Bengali Buddhist At the end of March, Chris Wallach spent a week on silent retreat at the Insight Meditation Society retreat center…
Reminder
Present moment Precious moment Only moment
This Is It!
Think about arranging the present as best you can, with serene mind. All else is carried away as by a river…. While we are talking, jealous time has fled. So seize the day, and do…
Troublemakers (The Prophetic/2)
The major activity of the prophets was interference Remonstrating about wrongs inflicted on other people Meddling in affairs which were seemingly neither their concern Nor their responsibility A prudent woman is she who minds her…
Don’t Be Swayed
Dear Bella If you’ve practiced lojong previously Then you can practice lojong now This morning I woke up Thinking of you And one of my favorite slogans “Don’t be swayed by external circumstances” So simple!…
Episodes/1 (The Prophetic)
To us a single act of injustice (Cheating in business, exploitation of the poor) Is slight To the prophets A disaster To us injustice is injurious to the welfare of the people To the prophets…
Presence
Shunryu Suzuki Roshi was the first person I ever met for whom I felt immediate and total trust. It was something which I had never expected to experience. Every sense, every brain cell and nerve…