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”The highest purpose is served by the simple performance of our duties. That is Dharma. This is no easy matter. The duties cannot be recognized and performed properly, unless there is a keen intelligence. Then it is necessary to have a strong mind in order to meditate without wavering upon God. In order to acquire [...]
“In our everyday life we see the phenomenon of love. The first lesson that love teaches us is: ‘I am not; thou art’. The first thing to think of is to erase ourselves from our minds and to think of the one we love. As long as we do not arrive at this idea, so [...]
IN DREAMLAND ‘Our schoolmaster used to take a nap every afternoon,’ related a disciple of Soyen Shaku. ‘We children asked him why he did it and he told us: “I go to dreamland to meet the old sages just as Confucius did.” When Confucius slept, he would dream of ancient sages and later tell his [...]
“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few” “Zen is not some kind of excitement, but concentration on our usual everyday routine” “In the zazen posture, your mind and body have great power to accept things as they are, whether agreeable or dis-agreeable.” “For a plant or stone to [...]
Stories from Nasrettin Hoca’s universe (2) Nasrettin once undertook to take nine donkeys for delivery to a local farmer. The man who entrusted them to him counted them, one by one, so that Nasrettin could be sure that there were really nine. On the road his attention was distracted by something by the wayside. Nasrettin, [...]
Namokar, Navkar or Namaskar(Show of respect)Mantra णमो अरिहंताणं णमो सिद्धाणं णमो आयरियाणं णमो उवज्झायाणं णमो लोए सव्व साहूणं एसो पंच णमोक्कारो, सव्व पावप्प णासणो मंगलाणं च सव्वेसिं, पडमम हवई मंगलं Namo Arihantânam; I bow to the Arihantas(Prophets). Namo Siddhânam; I bow to the Siddhas(Liberated Souls). Namo Âyariyânam; I bow to the Âchâryas (Preceptors or Spiritual [...]
“I am Awareness pure and simple; I am indeterminable, neither grasped nor lost but indescribable. I am therefore Brahman and ever blissful.” “The universe has no external support, nor is it cognized from without; but as you make it so it becomes.” “The mind seeks attachment and this causes it to wander. Destroy its attachments [...]
” I have heard: A man, driving his car on a lonely road, suspected that he had missed the path, suspected that he was moving in a wrong direction. He saw a beggar walking, so he stopped the car and asked the beggar: Does this road lead to Delhi? The beggar said: I don’t know. [...]
Wondrous nirvana-mind Because the flowers blooming In our original home Are everlasting, Though springtimes may come and go Their colors do not fade. Treading along in this dreamlike, illusory realm Treading along in this dreamlike, illusory realm, Without looking for the traces I may have left; A cuckoo’s song beckons me to return home; Hearing [...]
Fishes, asking what water was, went to a wise fish. He told them that it was all around them, yet they still thought that they were thirsty. NASAFI One went to the door of the Beloved and knocked. A voice asked, ”Who is there?” He answered, “It is I.” The voice said, “There is no room [...]
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