![]() ![]() A small but for anyone at all serious accessible library.įor Buddhist fundamentals I recommend Karen Armstrong’s Buddha and Walopla Rahula’s What the Buddha Taught. What we call ‘I’ is just a swinging door which moves when we inhale and exhale.I found I came up with eighteen books. There is no preparation for something else. ![]() We dedicate ourselves to sincere practice, with no thought of gaining anything special. To study ourselves is to forget ourselves. The most important point is to accept yourself and stand on your two feet. The mind of the beginner is empty, free of the habits of the expert, ready to accept, to doubt, open to all possibilities. Q: How much ego do you need? A: Just enough so that you don’t step in front of a bus. Preparing food is not just about yourself and others. Our way is to practice one step at a time, one breath at a time, with no gaining idea. It is always rich and sufficient within itself. Our ‘original mind’ includes everything within itself. Life is like stepping onto a boat which is about to sail out to sea and sink. ![]() In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s mind there are few. With this attitude, whatever you do, life becomes an art. Shunryu Suzukiįor Zen students a weed is a treasure. Shunryu Suzukiĭaily life becomes our Zen training. Only keep the question ‘What is the best way of helping other people? - Seung SahnĪs long as you seek for something, you will get the shadow of reality and not reality itself. Throwing away Zen mind is correct Zen mind. No matter how many years you sit doing zazen, you will never become anything special. The bird of paradise lands only on the hand that does not grasp. The only Zen you find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there. You should sit in meditation for twenty minutes every day – unless you’re too busy then you should sit for an hour. Zen is not some special state, it is our normal condition, silent, peaceful, awake, without agitation. When the mind does not dwell on any one thing, true mind appears. Zazen is the self being itself by itself. Everything we do to find it is complicated. To forget the self is to be enlightened by the ten thousand things. To study the Buddha way is to study the self. If you are unable to find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it? - Dogen Zenji Student: How can you not know, You’re a Zen Master. What happens after death? Master: I don’t know. Many of these people returned to the West to found temples and monasteries which have thrived in the ensuing years due to the flourishing interest in Buddhist teachings. As a result of the growing interest in Zen in particular and Buddhism in general, many Westerners travelled to the East to immerse themselves in the teachings and practice of Buddhism. ![]() International interest in Zen began in the 1950’s and Zen was popularised in the West by Alan Watts and DT Suzuki. Chán in turn comes from the Prajhna, (Sanskrit dhyanam), also meaning “meditation,” and from the Sanskrit root dhya “to see, observe”. “Zen” is the Japanese pronunciation of Chinese chán, “meditation”. Zen Buddhismwas transmitted from China to Japan in the twelfth century, and was distinguished by the direct transmission of profound insight into the nature of Reality, from master to disciple, rather than through reliance on words and scriptures. Shunryu Suzuki Roshi was one of the most influential teachers of Soto Zen Buddhism in American history. ![]()
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