Comments (1) | Apr 12, 2014
Master Dao Qian was the attendant of the abbot, Master Shi Shuang. After Master Shi Shuang's passing, the community asked the head monk to accept abbotship. Master Dao Qian reminded the assembly, "He must have a grasp of the abbot's teaching before we can accept him." The head monk asked, "What is the teaching of the Abbot?" Dao Qian said, "The abbot used to say,
Cease, begone! Rest,…
Comments (0) | Apr 03, 2014
Row, row, row your boat, Swiftly up the stream. Warily, warily, warily, warily, Life is just a dream. WAKE UP!!!
Comments (1) | Mar 12, 2014
Eventually we must clean up every opinion and every like and dislike in us. They will all become junk. All junks are self created like the piles of stuff in our garage. Remember, we are the ones who…
Comments (1) | Mar 11, 2014
Soldiers guarding the border at the order of an ignorant emperor, Holding their ground with determination and bloodshed; Guns ring and the sound of thunderous explosions filling the sky, Killing one another, not recognizing that all belonged to the same clan.
Comments (0) | Feb 24, 2014
Once a Zen master was invited to bless a grandfather's birthday celebration. The Master wrote, "Grandfather dies, father dies; son dies, grandson dies." The grandfather…
Comments (2) | Feb 14, 2014
When you think someone or something is annoying, the truth is that "you" make him annoying and "you" make the situation an issue and suffer in it; the "annoying" person may not…
Comments (0) | Jan 20, 2014
Master gave an intriguing lecture today, which I will try to summarize. We are always getting into never-ending fights with the people close to us, because we keep trying to…
Comments (2) | Dec 10, 2013
Not die to the life self, then the immortal nature cannot come alive; Not quite alive to the immortal, then one has not quite died to the lifeless; To live with what is alive and to die to what is dead is only…
Comments (3) | Nov 18, 2013
Just when the Mind functions, There is no mind to function with, Without intent, the Mind simply functions, Functioning just in emptiness.
Comments (0) | Oct 26, 2013
You inevitably make your own suffering. No one can make you suffer. A little bit of erroneous thinking leads to a little bit of suffering. Too much thinking leads to too much suffering. When will…
Comments (0) | Mar 28, 2017
The "I" represents the ego. The ego is the beginning of duality. And duality means separating inside and outside, self and others. So, dualistic thinking indicates the presence of ego.…
Comments (0) | Mar 22, 2017
If you focus your cultivation on the mind, you can eventually find peace. A peaceful mind will bring forth a better reality.
If you have peace, you will know how to make better decisions.…
Comments (0) | Mar 14, 2017
When an undesirable situation occurs and you blame someone else, this is the wrong understand of reality.
Without the , you will naturally assume that someone else has caused…
Comments (0) | Feb 28, 2017
Comments (0) | Feb 28, 2017
All situations and problems encountered in life are caused by the doors that were created in the mind.
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