This short piece is for all those who need a review or a new beginning with their practice. It is a lesson we often overlook – especially when we find ourselves confused and restless. It’s a brief piece that presses you to ask “where do I begin?” over and over again. It asks you to review and examine where you are and make a commitment – to embrace a path and follow it with surety of purpose as our dear one Hui Neng is alleged to have done.
“The need begins with the man drinking saki; but soon the saki is drinking the saki; and finally the saki is drinking the man.” —… Read More »DETACHMENT AND THE METASTATIC NEED By Ming Zhen Shakya
Although enlightenment is sudden and strikes without warning there are preliminary strikes along the path that give us a glimpse at the absolute. The glimpse encourages us to continue the work knowing that encountering the absolute is not yet enlightenment. Lao Huo Shakya’s experience is an encouraging glimpse.
The five act opera, L’Amour de Loin (Love from Afar) composed by Kaija Saariaho, received its world premiere performance in 2000 at the Salzburg… Read More »Far Away Love, An Opera
Don’t Look Back The past is already past. Don’t try to regain it. Don’t think there is something more important to… Read More »Don’t Look Back
Holiday Message The Zen Buddhist Order of Hsu Yun is happy to announce that on this month of November 2018, our Chan/Zen Order, the Zen… Read More »Holiday Message
Winter 2018 – Holiday Message from Old Earth Wisdom Duty: assuming all tasks can betray arrogance. The idea that we can know what… Read More »Winter 2018 – Holiday Message from Old Earth Wisdom
We are happy to announce that on this rich month of November, we had the chance to celebrate two ordinations within Dharma… Read More »ANNOUNCEMENT – Two New Priests
A FREE E-Book by Ming Zhen Shakya – Surprising. Clear. Worth reading.
Ming Zhen makes it clear that Zen is a mystical practice. She offers us a short, penetrating and even historical explanation on the practice of Zen. Includes why Christians are interested – a definition of samsara and nirvana – and a “how to” meditate.
What does it mean to love one’s neighbor? To love one’s neighbor means, while remaining within the earthly distinctions allotted to one, essentially… Read More »The Costume of the Actor by Soren Kierkegaard