All sentient beings by nature are Buddhas, as ice by nature is water. Apart from water there there is no ice; apart from beings, no Buddhas. Not knowing how close the truth is we seek it far away. What a pity.
- #Hakuin Ekaku, 'The Song of #Zazen'
✨ Just as it is ✨
🪷 Contemplative wisdom from Sodo Yokoyama (1907–1980) 🪷
💛 What is this moment, just as it is? 💛
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Buddhistdoor Quote for Today: The sunset doesn’t know it’s the sunset, but it is the sunset. And as with the sunset, all things are like disappearing thoughts. — Sodo Yokoyama (1907–1980)
🪷 Buddhistdoor Quote for Today: Sodo Yokoyama (1907–1980) 🪷
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Zen Mind: Beginner's Mind: #NewPairOfEyes youtu.be/PCFo5q0ZjKk #ZenMind #BeginnersMind #ShunryuSuzuki #Zazen #Buddhism #Meditation #Mindfulness #Spirituality #NonDualism #InnerPeace #SelfDiscovery #MentalDiscipline #SotoZen
It is practically a universal law that a cat will always find the exact object you are trying to use and immediately claim it as their own personal bed.
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A First Zen Reader
Zen Mind/Beginner's Mind (a classic!)
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#zen #buddhism #booksky #philosphy #religion #tibetanbuddhism #mahayana #vajrayana #buddha #meditation #booksforsale #bookseller #zazen #compassion #bodhisattva #ShunryuSuzuki
"Zen is beyond this: there is no man, no woman. During #Zazen, no female, no male. No masculine, no feminine. The sexual organs are not at all important. Women in #Zazen are better off-they don’t have testicles which get in their way."
– Taisen Deshimaru
Daily #Zen #Buddhism #Deshimaru […]
Just practice. Don’t worry. Sit quietly. Do nothing. by @jackprestonking.bsky.social medium.com/p/just-pract... #zazen #meditation
Though we may use different languages to describe something, that doesn't mean we're speaking of different things.
#Zen #Buddhism #Christianity #meditation #zazen #prayer #contemplation #contemplativeprayer #centeringprayer #Merton #ThomasMerton #interfaith #emptiness #Dharmakaya #God #Buddha
I think it says a lot about #Japanese performance-oriented culture that when they are free to do anything spiritually in order to achieve #enlightenment and #absolution, they just sit and stare at a wall.
#zazen #zen #buddhism #meditation
A black meditation mat and cushion on the floor in front of a mid-century Nathan cupboard.
just sit
let the sun be the sun
let the moon be the moon
just sit
#zazen
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#Zazen is not about trying to stop our thoughts, but about being clearly awake to them.
-Maurine Stuart #zen
Cuando capto haiku
conecto con el aquí.
Son «Zen-timientos».
Cuando escribo haiku
expreso el aquí y ahora.
Son «Zen-timientos».
#gendaihaiku #現代俳句 #Senryu #川柳 #haiku #俳句 #literatura #poesía #poem #zazen #yin-yang #陰陽 #humor #commedy #sumiE #haiga
Here's my latest Otium Intentionalis post. Let me say up front that I'm loathe to exhibit toxic positivity. However, I do have a couple of positive things to say about a recent health issue!
#aging #retirement #running #walking #meditating #zazen #cats #positivity
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"#Zazen is like water in a glass. Leave the water to sit quietly and soon the dirt will sink down, down, and the water will become pure."
– Taisen Deshimaru
Daily #Zen #Buddhism #Deshimaru #TaisenDeshimaru
"#Zazen is the ultimate practice. This is indeed the True Self. The #Buddha-#Dharma is not to be sought outside of this."
– Dōgen
Daily #Zen #Buddhism #Dogen
"#Zazen means to stop running after and to stop running away."
– Taisen Deshimaru
Daily #Zen #Buddhism #Deshimaru #TaisenDeshimaru
Even if only one person sits for a short time, because this #zazen is one with all existence and completely permeates all times, it provides everlasting Buddha guidance throughout space and time.
- #Dogen #Zen -ji
Beginner’s mind is core to Zen. How do we avoid obscuring the world with our stories? Then we may see the world as it really is. The trick is, there is no trick, but this is tricky. Sit back and listen to a story about the Story.
#zen #zazen #buddhism #mindfulness #meditation #spirituality
„The way is perfect like vast space where nothing is lacking and nothing is in excess.” - Dogen
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"Each moment of #Zazen is equally wholeness of practice, equally wholeness of realization. This is not only practice while sitting, it is like a hammer striking emptiness: before and after, its exquisite peal permeates everywhere. How can it be limited to this moment?"
– Dōgen
Daily #Zen […]
in noodle vessel
a soaking starchy delight
eating is bowing
Have you had the noodle dream?
Noodles made with reverence. These are your lives and each is perfectly defined by a noodle. Everyday Zen practice with a fair helping of winks.
#zen #zazen #buddhism #mindfulness #haiku #noodledream
