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The Third of Dongshan's Zen Ranks as a Christmas Meditation

Dongshan speaks to a kind of emptiness that arises from the particular, the Vast Beyond as David Hinton terms it... read more

12/25/2024 11:00:32 AM by James Ford

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Awakening is a Verb

The one we call the Buddha wanted to understand suffering and it’s causes. He tried indulging in all the worldly pleasures that he could and he didn’t find what he was looking for. He tried studying... read more

7/1/2024 5:09:05 PM by Daniel Scharpenburg

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Suffering: The Broken Wheel

“The seed of suffering in you may be strong, but don’t wait until you have no more suffering before allowing yourself to be happy.” -Thich Nhat Hanh if you’d rather listen to a talk on this subject,... read more

6/8/2024 5:36:55 PM by Daniel Scharpenburg

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Karma

“A practitioner who has spent time reflecting on karma will engage in as many positive actions as possible while avoiding harmful ones. When we focus on generating positive intentions and engaging... read more

6/1/2024 5:33:53 PM by Daniel Scharpenburg

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Impermanence

“Practicing impermanence has the immediate benefits of bringing greater joy and appreciation to our lives. Even more beneficial than that, it spurs us on to liberation. The time to start using our... read more

5/24/2024 5:30:18 PM by Daniel Scharpenburg

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Precious Human Life

We are lucky to be here. We don’t always think that way because our lives are a struggle. But we are. We have a special kind of freedom because we were born into these conditions. We were born in a... read more

5/17/2024 5:19:31 PM by Daniel Scharpenburg

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Where Are We Going?

Where are we going? “If we want to understand ourselves and help all beings get out of suffering, we must first understand where this world’s suffering comes from. Everything arises from our minds,”... read more

2/2/2024 12:02:15 AM by Daniel Scharpenburg

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Me and Master Seung Sahn

I’m about to do a series of writings about Compass of Zen and I thought I’d take a moment to share about my experience and to also share about who Seung Sahn was. For the record, I am not an expert.... read more

1/15/2024 5:13:15 PM by Daniel Scharpenburg

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The Compass of Zen Teaching

“Experience your true self and help this world.” -Zen Master Seung Sahn Compass of Zen is a book that was created to be a handbook for Seung Sahn’s students. Seung Sahn was a Korean Zen Master who... read more

1/1/2024 2:03:30 PM by Daniel Scharpenburg

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Attachment, Hatred, and the Darkness of Unknowing

“In my native land waves of attachment to friends and kin surge, hatred for enemies rages like fire, the darkness of stupidity, not caring what to adopt or avoid, thickens – To abandon my native... read more

12/13/2023 7:22:19 PM by Daniel Scharpenburg

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Make Life Meaningful

“Now that I have this great ship, a precious human life, so hard to obtain, I must carry myself and others across the ocean of samsara. To that end, listen, reflect, and meditate day and night... read more

12/12/2023 12:55:19 AM by Daniel Scharpenburg

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Four Thoughts That Change The Mind

The preliminaries are our support for practice. We need a solid foundation for our mind training practice and this is where it begins. For the preliminaries we contemplate a teaching called The Four... read more

12/11/2023 6:24:12 PM by Daniel Scharpenburg

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The Four Forces

I was reading a book called “Nectar of Manjushri’s Speech” by Kunzang Pelden and I came across a teaching that I wanted to share. This text, by the way, is a detailed commentary on “Way of the... read more

10/16/2023 6:25:50 PM by Daniel Scharpenburg

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