Stop Clinging to the Stuff That Falls Apart
We are looking in the wrong place. Our senses face outward. We first sense the external world. It is an easy mistake to think we are all the stuff that we see, hear, taste,… Stop Clinging to the Stuff That Falls Apart
In This Field – Everything is a Story PART III of III
Double Back Again How wonderful! I received three questions and thought I would respond to them in PART III of III. Questions …is there higher and lower? Or could we just say different. Or is… In This Field – Everything is a Story PART III of III
In This Field – Everything is a Story PART II of II
Double Back I received a story from someone kind enough to send it on as a response to PART I. Here is the response. It offers us an opportunity to clarify the teaching in PART… In This Field – Everything is a Story PART II of II
In This Field – Everything is a Story
The Last Resort: Hell Number 1. One evening after work, I was going to my car when I saw three kids playing in the alley. This alley isn’t much of a playground, there’s a dumpster,… In This Field – Everything is a Story
The Egg Tooth
Sometimes when we begin on the Zen path, a teacher will describe the relationship between a Zen student and a Zen teacher in deceptively simple terms. We may be told that the Zen… The Egg Tooth
Woman with a Pink Message
The Woman with a Pink looks as if she has received a message in the form of a pink flower. The flower looks roughed; a bit worn. What is the meaning? She gazes off to contemplate the… Woman with a Pink Message
Mind-Stuff
Listen. Understand. Practice. Again. Again. Again. Do this all day long. ardent (adj.) early 14c., of alcoholic distillates, brandy (ardent spirits), etc., from Old French ardant “burning, hot; zealous” (13c.), from Latin ardentem (nominative ardens) “glowing, fiery, hot, ablaze,” also used… Mind-Stuff
Have Few Desires Number ONE
Cooped Up? A Good Time for the Eight Awarenesses – First of Eight by Yao Xiang Shakya March 22, 2020 Have Few Desires In late winter the sugar ants arrive, uninvited. We first notice one… Have Few Desires Number ONE
Do Not Let the Manifestations of the Material World Obscure the Truth of Being
It is ridiculous to be sucked up into the material world of delusion Life is endless meetings – every day, every moment. A myriad of things come into our life; our challenge is… Do Not Let the Manifestations of the Material World Obscure the Truth of Being
To Study Yourself Even on a Bad Day
Just as we know what is meant by “The Buddha says, ‘Desire must a man destroy,’” the Buddha’s audience, assuming that he ever made such a silly statement, would also have instinctively known… To Study Yourself Even on a Bad Day