Miscellaneous Talks on Zen Practice
Guided Meditation on The Sutra of Full Awareness of Breathing
A step-by-step guided meditation on how we move into our practice when we do zazen. ...
Once the Golden Fish has passed through the net, what does it use for food? I will tell you when you come out of the net. ...
Zen Practice in Daily Life
What does authentic Zen practice look like when it is expressed in daily life? ...
Heart Sutra, Part 3
The bodhisattva lives by prajna paramita, with no hindrance in the mind, no hindrance and therefore no fear. Far beyond delusive thinking, right here is nirvana. ...
Heart Sutra Part 2
All things are essentially empty, not created, not destroyed, not stained, not pure, without loss, without gain. ...
The Heart Sutra, First Section
Form is no other than emptiness; emptiness no other than form. Form is exactly emptiness; emptiness exactly form. ...
Genjokoan, Paragraph 1, an Introduction
As all things are buddha-dharma, there is delusion and realization....As the myriad things are without an abiding self, there is no delusion, no realization.... ...
The Sixth Chinese Ancestor, Daikan Enô, from the Thirty-third Case of the Denkôroku, Compiled by Keizan Zenji
The sound of the mortar is high outside the empty emerald-blue (sky). The white moon is tossed in the winnow of the clouds – deep and pure is the night. ...
Dana, Giving
Dana, which means “giving”, is a very important concept and a very important practice in all of the major religions of the world, including Christianity, in which it goes by the name, ...
Case 29, Enô’s “Not the Wind; Not the Flag”
“Gentlemen! It is not the wind that moves; it is not the flag that moves; it is your mind that moves.” ...