From the archives. You’ll need to print it out and study it. NO KIDDING. MIng Zhen gives us both a wonderful review of the novel, Bee Season but also an excellent practice of concentration. It…
Jakże często chcemy okazać się sprytniejsi od samej Rzeczywistości, kombinując, knując i tworząc sztuczne schematy. I jakże często ta Rzeczywistość daje nam po fakcie poznać, że jednak sprytniejsi od Niej nie jesteśmy. Zwykle jednak dowiadujemy…
Earlier this summer, I took vows to live my life as a Zen monk. In a dawn ritual, my head was shaved, I received a hand-sewn robe and a new name, Old Fire Skyward. I…
Opowieść o tym, jak zerwać toksyczne (i nie tylko) relacje. Wszystkie jednak relacje są trochę toksyczne, ponieważ wiążąc nas z innymi ludźmi, „wiążą nas” dosłownie. A każde związanie przeszkadza na ścieżce duchowej. Naszym bowiem celem…
Sinner – Emerging Buddha? OK. You’ve Made Mistakes. You Feel Like a Failure. You’re not alone; small comfort! Who are you? I can’t say for certain, but maybe the religious leaders of the world…
ZATMA is pleased to announce a masterfully bright and memorable essay by a guest contributor, John Backman. It’s a good read worth the effort. Thanks, John….for writing it and for offering it to ZATMA.
I see you look only at the constructions of the I-ego and end up thinking and believing that those constructions are who you are. But that is a superficial examination of who you…
Shraddha – Confident Faith We take in our life through our sense doors. We see what is there and we see what is missing. When I contemplate my parents I know I do not…
We all have some capacity to be open, to both give and receive. Sometimes, however, we close down and are unable to give and receive. This closed down state often says, “I know…
For Andrej People who write homilies and other spiritual tracts have a wish list: We’d like a license to skew our grammatical constructions to allow for amphiboly. Ah… to be as oracularly correct as Delphi.…
