So if we look at progress, or evolution, or we look at accomplishment in our life, the key is to be continually moving on, expanding and growing, clarifying, developing and maturing. The opposite would be getting stuck, staying stuck, so there's no maturing, no developing, no accomplishing, no movement.
True zazen is surrendering every moment. But surrendering to what? It really does not matter what we call it: God or the Tao or the Dharma or the Bud… - Dennis Merzel
True zazen is surrendering every moment. But surrendering to what? It really does not matter what we call it: God or the Tao or the Dharma or the Bud…
- Dennis Merzel
So if we look at progress, or evolution, or we look at accomplishment in our life, the key is to be continually moving on, expanding and growing, cla… - Dennis Merzel
So if we look at progress, or evolution, or we look at accomplishment in our life, the key is to be continually moving on, expanding and growing, cla…
These various forms appear different in shape and size, yet they are of a single essence. . . . The Sixth Patriarch called it "essence of Mind". . . … - Dennis Merzel
These various forms appear different in shape and size, yet they are of a single essence. . . . The Sixth Patriarch called it "essence of Mind". . . …
When we really let go, we become everything. At that point we are identified with all things: the flower, the oak tree, the morning star. - Dennis Merzel
When we really let go, we become everything. At that point we are identified with all things: the flower, the oak tree, the morning star.
Because of our belief in being separate, we fall into all kinds of harmful actions and deeds that create more problems for us. Competitiveness is a b… - Dennis Merzel
Because of our belief in being separate, we fall into all kinds of harmful actions and deeds that create more problems for us. Competitiveness is a b…
The Mind cannot be confused, but it is confusion. - Dennis Merzel
The Mind cannot be confused, but it is confusion.
To accept the truth of who you really are takes nothing short of realization. You have to see the diamond for yourself. - Dennis Merzel
To accept the truth of who you really are takes nothing short of realization. You have to see the diamond for yourself.
There is a transcendent awareness, a Big Mind, a Big Heart, present and readily accessible to each and every one of us. When we realize it, we see it… - Dennis Merzel
There is a transcendent awareness, a Big Mind, a Big Heart, present and readily accessible to each and every one of us. When we realize it, we see it…
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