Essays

What Identity Does the Mind Dwell On?

by Yao Xiang Shakya
March 29, 2017

Yao Xiang Shakya There are preliminaries or what might be called the first rounds of being alive where we learn different identities about who we are. Birth… Read More »What Identity Does the Mind Dwell On?

The Good Fortune of the Contemplative Path

by Yao Xiang Shakya
February 20, 2017February 20, 2017

Many might well question, as some often do, the solitary life….a life that directs itself towards the heights of Nirvana….in a singular way….towards the emptiness of not needing anything in particular….

Dharma i Karma II

by Ming Zhen Shakya
February 13, 2017

Ming Zhen Shakya (Author) Fa Yin (Translator) Dharma i Karma Część II: Karma Autor: Ming Zhen Shakya Tłumaczenie: Fa Yin Karma jest kolejnym ze słów,… Read More »Dharma i Karma II

Dharma i Karma I

by Ming Zhen Shakya
January 25, 2017

Ming Zhen Shakya (Author) Fa Yin (Translator) Żadne inne słowa z leksykalnego magazynu buddyzmu nie grzmią równie donośnie co Dharma i Karma. Militarne skojarzenia nie… Read More »Dharma i Karma I

Nothing in Life Has Lines Around It We Draw the Lines

by Yao Xiang Shakya
January 23, 2017January 23, 2017

In a world that seems more complex, intricate and confusing, Yao Xiang Shakya offers the Way of simplicity in Nothing in Life Has Lines Around It…We Draw the Lines

I looked too hard for things that aren’t there

by Yin Ts'ao Shakya
January 3, 2017

Yin Ts’ao Shakya ‘Avalokiteshvara while practicing deeply with the Insight that Brings Us to the Other Shore, suddenly discovered that all of the five Skandhas are… Read More »I looked too hard for things that aren’t there

Don’t Lament Death, Watch Your Step

by Yao Xiang Shakya
October 12, 2016

Yao Xiang Shakya helps us face the truth in a short piece on how to live knowing we are going to die in Don’t Lament Death, Watch Your Step.

A Quick Course in Zen Theology

by Ming Zhen Shakya
July 23, 2016July 23, 2016

Save by a few things, there is no issue more confusing than Buddhist Theology. Except that more people tend to feel able to debate about it that as the case of string theory. In this exquisite essay, Ming Zhen Shakya expounds a summary of the theology behind our Path.

Sudden School Zen and Gradual School Zen

by Ming Zhen Shakya
July 22, 2016July 22, 2016

Beginners in the Path sometimes get confused when reading different Zen accounts. Usually, they get contradictory statements… In “Sudden School and Gradual School”, Ming Zhen Shakya explains synthesizes the approachs of both schools.