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The Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra When the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara Was Coursing in the Deep Prajna Paramita, He Perceived That All Five Skandhas Are Empty. Thus He Overcame All Ills and Suffering. Oh, Sariputra, Form Does Not Differ From the Void, and the Void Does Not Differ From Form. Form is Void and Void is Form; the [...]
“Once upon a time, I, Chuang Tzu, dreamt I was a butterfly, fluttering hither and thither, to all intents and purposes a butterfly. I was conscious only of my happiness as a butterfly, unaware that I was Tzu. Soon I awaked, and there I was, veritably myself again. Now I do not know whether I [...]
“Are we to paint what’s on the face, what’s inside the face, or what’s behind it?” “If only we could pull out our brain and use only our eyes.” “Who sees the human face correctly: the photographer, the mirror, or the painter?” “Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist [...]
”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 [...]
As outlined in previous posts, colour as a therapeutic tool has been used in healing temples of colour and light in ancient Egypt and Greece. e.g. seven rays of the Newtonian colour spectrum can be used to stimulate the 7 key vortexes or chakra’s in the body. Colour healing has also been utilized in the [...]
“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 [...]
Here is a simple autosuggestion technique or a “mantra” to build self-confidence, self empowerment, balance the emotions, reduce stress and elevate one’s own energy. It is also called “The Coue Method” from the French psychologist and pharmacist Emile Coue (1857-1926), who introduced a method of psychotherapy and self-improvement based on optimistic autosuggestion. According to Coue [...]
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, [...]
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