All One Cloth
We are all one cloth. We all are powered from somewhere else. Consider it. All one power grid or separate bits and pieces… Read More »All One Cloth
If You Do not Think There Are Demons…Just Wait ‘til Someone Slights You?
Demon-ghosts: Torments in the Mind Watch how you blame the world and other for your misery. Although I have been practicing Buddhism for a long… Read More »If You Do not Think There Are Demons…Just Wait ‘til Someone Slights You?
Accept and Appreciate
Acceptance No matter what you think about anyone else’s mistake Keep it to yourself. Don’t mention a word of it even into your own ear.… Read More »Accept and Appreciate
Do Not Talk About the Mistakes of Others
STOP talking about what you think are the mistakes of others. Study yourself. Are We Killing the Tree of Life? When we judge another we… Read More »Do Not Talk About the Mistakes of Others
The Importance of Karma
The field of boundless emptiness is what exists from the very beginning. You must purify, cure, grind down, or brush away all the tendencies… Read More »The Importance of Karma
Do You Think You are Better Than or Worse Than Someone Else?
Equanimity, is the Antidote to Jealousy, Envy and Thinking You Are Better or Worse Than Someone Else Equanimity is the wisdom to know the transient… Read More »Do You Think You are Better Than or Worse Than Someone Else?
A Poem to Take to Heart
The Third Position: Neither Here, Nor There Then, Once and Now… EF Hulsizer, 2004 It is just a matter of hitting the bell, closing the… Read More »A Poem to Take to Heart
A Person of the Way Fundamentally Does Not Dwell Anywhere
December 27, 2020, Falling Off the World A cold morning below a shimmering gray-cloud illusion above. To the East, the illusion splits apart letting the… Read More »A Person of the Way Fundamentally Does Not Dwell Anywhere
Sit Empty of Worldly Anxiety Zen Master Hongzhi
If you truly appreciate (value) a single thread, your eye (see) can suitably meet the world and its changes. Value – I’ve built a grass… Read More »Sit Empty of Worldly Anxiety Zen Master Hongzhi
We play at Paste, By Emily Dickinson, 1862
We play at Paste – We play at Paste – Till qualified, for Pearl – Then, drop the Paste – And deem Ourself a fool… Read More »We play at Paste, By Emily Dickinson, 1862