If you fall into poverty, live that way without grumbling - then your poverty will not burden you. Likewise, if you are rich, live with your riches. All this is the functioning of Buddha-nature. In short, Buddha-nature has the quality of infinite adaptability.
Mindfulness is a state wherein one is totally aware in any situation and so always able to respond appropriately. Yet one is aware of being aware. Mi… - Philip Kapleau
Mindfulness is a state wherein one is totally aware in any situation and so always able to respond appropriately. Yet one is aware of being aware. Mi…
- Philip Kapleau
Anyone familiar with the numerous accounts of the Buddha's extraordinary compassion and reverence for living beings - for example his insistence that… - Philip Kapleau
Anyone familiar with the numerous accounts of the Buddha's extraordinary compassion and reverence for living beings - for example his insistence that…
Many have come to realization simply by listening to the tinkling of a bell or some other sound - Philip Kapleau
Many have come to realization simply by listening to the tinkling of a bell or some other sound
Zen Master Dogen has pointed out that anxiety, when accepted, is the driving force to enlightenment in that it lays bare the human dilemma at the sam… - Philip Kapleau
Zen Master Dogen has pointed out that anxiety, when accepted, is the driving force to enlightenment in that it lays bare the human dilemma at the sam…
Every individual who eats flesh food, whether an animal is killed expressely for him or not, is supporting the trade of slaughtering and contributing… - Philip Kapleau
Every individual who eats flesh food, whether an animal is killed expressely for him or not, is supporting the trade of slaughtering and contributing…
The uniqueness of zazen lies in this: that the mind is freed from bondage to all thought forms, visions, objects, and imaginings, however sacred or e… - Philip Kapleau
The uniqueness of zazen lies in this: that the mind is freed from bondage to all thought forms, visions, objects, and imaginings, however sacred or e…
To put the flesh of an animal into one's belly makes one an accessory after the fact of its slaughter, simply because if cows, pigs, sheep, fowl, and… - Philip Kapleau
To put the flesh of an animal into one's belly makes one an accessory after the fact of its slaughter, simply because if cows, pigs, sheep, fowl, and…
You yourself are time- your body, your mind, the objects around you. Plunge into the river of time and swim, instead of standing on the banks and not… - Philip Kapleau
You yourself are time- your body, your mind, the objects around you. Plunge into the river of time and swim, instead of standing on the banks and not…
Although we all possess the seeds of great love and compassion, without the light of the enlightened one's wisdom and the waters of their compassion … - Philip Kapleau
Although we all possess the seeds of great love and compassion, without the light of the enlightened one's wisdom and the waters of their compassion …
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