Where does the sense of “I” come from?
When I bring myself tightly into the moment, I often feel gratitude to everything that gave rise to what I think of as, "me."
Go wash your bowl
One day, at the Guanyin Temple, in the midst of breakfast, a monk came to the abbot Zhaozhou and said: "I have recently become your disciple in this Temple. Please guide me with your teachings, master."
Confusing feelings of compassion
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I have no questions
I have no questions for my teacher, and that is a very strange feeling.
How to listen to a Buddhist monk
Ask a Buddhist monk a question, and there's a fair chance the answer will make you think, "What the heck?"
My actions are my only true belongings
My actions are my only true belongings. I cannot escape the consequences of my actions. My actions are the ground upon which I stand.
Samsara is nothing to die for
I always thought you had to die to be, "free from the cycle of birth and death." a.k.a. Samsara. I just found out you don't. And that's great, as I'm rather fond of living.
Why I traveled to Southeast Asia
I recently accompanied my Zen teacher on a trip to Vietnam, Thailand, and Myanmar. He asked me why I joined him on this trip. The answer also answers why I'm attracted to Buddhism.
Bacon Cheeseburger Theory
Take the number six. Toss it down on the table. Look at it one way, it's a six. Look at it another way, it's a nine. Often questions have many true answers, depending on how you look at them. This theory delineates these perspectives.
The Dunning Kruger Effect and Buddhism
How do I know what I don't know? Knowing little to nothing about a subject can lead one to believe that they know quite a lot about it. That's the Dunning Krueger Effect. So I posted the question, "How do I know what I do not know," to my teacher. His answer was rather mind bending.