Zen Meditation

Zen Meditation – first draft First one is called Speaking Zen. This one you don’t want to be involved in. Run away from this one. There is a story about two monks. Whilst they were listening to philosophy, one says, “Hey look, watch the flag is moving.” Then the other one says “Yes the wind

Appreciation Heart – Don’t be a donkey

From Tim Here’s my summary from last nights class 🙂 No complaining, 🙄😩😒 Enjoy appreciation heart☺👏🤙💚 Complaining you become the donkey🐴 trapped walking in circles forever 😳 Appreciation heart ✨ become the unlimited bright sun ☀ to warm everyone 🌺 All the Buddha’s say Amitabha Buddha Pure Land Karma is the most amazing and lucky

Philosophy list Map

Here’s a philosophy development map GD and I wrote out leading up to our first ever practical wisdom Wednesday class. We were so nervous that we wanted to write a syllabus out to make sure we had something to revert back to if / when our brains froze up. Really interesting to reread it now

Create a wise dream

Create a wise dream No I means whatever you connect and create as a dream I. Understand what does illusion mean. It means choose a good dream.Create a wise dream intention for yourself to awaken. Choose Pure Land;Choose follow Amitabha Buddha wisdom and will; Make this life a pure heart and pure intention,no ego intention,equal

Dharma has two side – blindness and wisdom

Dharma has two sides blindness and wisdom – both can be purified Blindness is the teacher, observe self being, observe life sounds to develop all the wisdom. Wisdom can be observed to purify see through illusion, back to essence, pure observer to develop eternal wisdom. Observe your intention Reset your intention to correct direction of

Appearing in all Space Bodhisattva Sutra

Back to BuddhaSutra.com Avatamsaka Sutra (The Flower Garland Sutra) {Practices and Vows of the Bodhisattva Samantabhadra} Take a look at the commentary, Precious Garland [The first part of this document is an excerpt from one of the great Buddhist sutras. (Book One Begins below) Buddha Shakyamuni preached it in heaven shortly after his attainment of

Thinking, not-thinking, not not-thinking

Life meditation – Willing Heart – “Not-thinking, not Not-thinking.” Not thinking Not thinking about I and mine. Describes ego in two ways Not not thinking Directly aware spiritual intention Together Unite your power to directly live with pure willing heart. In life when we think, we always do it through ego: I and my. What

Buddhism Summary from Sean Free

So much joy reading and practicing back to essence 🙏🏼😌 Sound you hear sound. No sound you hear silence. Ability to be aware always there, eternal, never change. Observing self being bodhisattva aware the highest, observe the sound. Observe Buddhahood is not the sound, not the silence, not good not bad, not brightness or darkness,

Bodhidharma Sutra – from Dharma Self Being

The Bodhidharma Sutra The Bodhidharma Sutra and the direct nature of Zen philosophy can hit the heart and create a sharp awakening. There is a large gap between Bodhidharma philosophy writing and the philosophy that Sifu teaches. But still, for the beginner level, the foundation truths are amazing to purify the consciousness, create Dharma Joy