Something to be gained?The paradox seems to be that we already have all we need - yet all "religious' striving is to gain something. Of "zen":- Thomas Merton asks:- Do you then approach the study of Zen with the idea that there is something to be gained by it? Merton... See More » (1)
Amida Looking BackSupplementary to my post on the Christianity Section, "The Way Of All the Earth" (1)
Just askingAre there any here who are familiar with any particular Buddhist text/scripture? Which one? What have you gained from reading it?
The DharmaMay true Dharma continue. No blame. Be kind. Love everything. The Lotus Flower. Beautiful yet growing from mud and slime. (1)
Poems of DogenIn part to resurrect a thread of Pipedreams. Dogen was a 13th century zen master. His greatest work - of essays and sermons - is his Shobogenzo or "The Treasury of the True Dharma Eye." Also there is the Eihei Kōroku which contains his poetry,... See More » (1)
Pema Chodron on Loving-kindnessA short "sermon" on maitri (loving-kindness) by Pema Chodron.. When people start to meditate or to work with any kind of spiritual discipline, they often think that somehow they're going to improve, which is a sort of subtle aggression against who... See More »
Warnings abound!From the "Waters and Mountains Sutra" of Dogen:- An old buddha has said, “If you wish to avoid the karma of Avīci hell, do not slander the true Dharma wheel of the Thus Come One.” These words should be engraved on skin, flesh, bones, and marrow,... See More »
The sound of the marketplacePoems are not ephemeral things. At best they travel heart to heart. Maybe they can also bring forth true communion, the deepest form of communication. The finger that points at the moon becomes the moon itself. Reading the various details of Dogen's... See More »
