You don’t meditate to get anything, but to get rid of things.
“Remember you don’t meditate to get anything, but to get rid of things. We do it, not with desire, but …
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The essence of mind
The essence of mind that is primordially empty and rootless is unlike holding the idea of emptiness in mind, and …
You are your hell and your heaven too.
If you suffer it is because of you, if you feel blissful it is because of you. Nobody else is …
It is not the strongest of the species that survives
“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one …
The potential of the average person
The potential of the average person is like a huge ocean unsailed, a new continent unexplored, a world of possibilities …
Love Is Like the Sun – Yogi Amrit Desai
I died a mineral and became a plant. I died a plant and rose an animal. I died an animal …
How shall I teach this child
I tried to teach my child with words. They passed him by, often unheard. Despairingly I turned aside, “How shall …
Contentment ~ 17th Karmapa
Contentment ~ 17th Karmapa I truly feel that contentment is the greatest wealth. Anyone can claim it for themselves. Anyone …
Genjokoan (Actualizing the Fundamental Point) – Eihei Dogen
Genjokoan (Actualizing the Fundamental Point) Eihei Dogen – Shobogenzo (Treasury of the True Dharma Eye). Translated by Robert Aitken and …
The Origin of the World
The Origin of the World ‘There is no reason to suppose that the world had a beginning at all. The …