Huàtóu Meditation: What is the value of understanding emptiness or inter-being
Compassion and wisdom become one and the same.
Ayn Rand Quotes
"I swear, by my life and my love of [...]
Living Life to the Fullest
Vice, Virtue. It's best not to be too moral. You cheat yourself out of too much *life*. Aim above morality. If you apply that to life, then you're bound to live life fully.
Zen is like learning a new language
Learning Zen Buddhism is in ways like learning a language. Or relearning a language. Some words are added; some words are banned. Some words have different meaning.
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?"