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reflections on wisdom and compassion
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Ursula Jarand
Stone and ash
Soko Morinaga Roshi sometimes said: “It’s not necessary to look for something special; we just need to know our mistakes.” What he called mistakes is…
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Unsupported consciousness
“If consciousness does not land anywhere, that state I tell you is without sorrow, affliction, or despair.” This statement of the Buddha sounds very…
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Red-hot stove
Zen practice has nothing to do with intellectual speculation, and it also isn’t a philosophy. Philosophy, a Greek word, means “love of knowledge…
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Trust
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Effortless
“When the wind comes to the surface of the water.” Reading this Chinese poem, our first reaction might be “so what?” or “what about it?” But instead of…
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The blue mountain
The blue mountain - in the white clouds. There are many different words and expressions pointing to that which is indescribable. One reason is that…
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The Unthinkable
Most of the time, we operate within a linear mental framework, using thought to arrive at an answer or solution to a problem. This works well for many…
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