DaShi ChuanSheng Entered Emptiness by Fashi Yao Xin Shakya
THE MARCH 18, 2019BY YAOXINSHAKYA IN ACTIVITIES / NEWS We are very interested in the Chan: Da Shi ChuanSheng, Steven Baugh, was a wonderful master with several lives: kung-fu… Read More »DaShi ChuanSheng Entered Emptiness by Fashi Yao Xin Shakya
Spring Forward
Vows by Fly 2019 This week has been particularly difficult. The daemons of the mind sometimes take us by surprise – trouncing our good… Read More »Spring Forward
LESSONS. Lesson 5. Part A. The End of Suffering
The first rank in zen is to see the relative in the absolute – we call it change. When things are going the way we want – we can see change as the relative in the absolute. But anytime all h*ll breaks loose in our life – when things don’t go our way – we go wild with suffering. BUT – Buddha tells us there is an end to suffering – You may ask – where is it? And how do I find it? Fashi Lao Yue suggests you take a look here.
LESSONS: Lesson 4 – The Causes of Suffering
We are inseparable from the Truth and yet we seem to be fumbling around in something unreal and not true. We seem to get caught in our ignorance (stupidity), in scattered distractions and in our self-interest. Each one of these traps keeps us from knowing that we, you and me, are the Dharma – the Truth. Do you know what keeps you trapped? Fashi Lao Yue offers some help.
Detachment and McCormack’s “Selling Heaven” by Ming Zhen Shakya
What is true is Real. The Real World is defined as that which is unconditional, universal, immutable, and eternal. Eternal is to be outside of time; and this can occur only in the “ego-absent” immediate moment. Our dear Ming Zhen is worth reading again and again – since we tend towards block-headedness – a follow-up post comes next on the Noble Truth of Suffering.
Lesson 3 – Part B The Realization of Suffering is the Beginning of Wisdom
The basics of practice are protections – protecting ourselves from doing harm to ourselves and protections for others by not doing harm to them. Many of us see ourselves as OLD HANDS at this business of spiritual work – but in reality all that has happened is we have gotten comfortable and secure in the world of material stuff – maybe even smug? We forget what choices we follow – in this essay, we are asked to re-examine our choices – and our sincerity. It, hopefully, challenges us to return to the Dharma with awareness and our full attention.
I Always Want It to Be Different
DON’T OVERLOOK THE BASICS.
IN LESSONS, Lesson 3, PART A we return to the foundations – to realize them in our lives, not just memorize them. Fashi Lao Yue gives us examples of what we do and examples of those who have realized the truth in the first Noble truth. There is suffering – it’s really true…what do we do about it?
Lesson 2. Aim – Boots and Feet
Lessons Lesson 2. Aim – Boots and Feet Boots and Feet by FLY 2019 It was a hard day – like most. The ground… Read More »Lesson 2. Aim – Boots and Feet
SHOOTING YOURSELF IN THE FOOT: SAGAN, ASIMOV, AND MICHIO KAKU by Ming Zhen Shakya
There is a Zen story that needs telling here: A Zen master had become famous for the special tea he brewed, and another master, having… Read More »SHOOTING YOURSELF IN THE FOOT: SAGAN, ASIMOV, AND MICHIO KAKU by Ming Zhen Shakya
LESSONS – Lesson 1. Where Do I Begin?
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.