Bodhisattva Vows, Revisited
I practiced with the Kwan Um School of Zen, in Chicago, then in LA. They often recited the Bodhisattva Vows (a Bodhisattva is an aspiring...
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- Nov 11, 2021
- 1 min
Free-form Awareness Gets More Free-form
Read a quote somewhere from the book “Cultivating the Empty Field” - about the Chinese Zen (Chan) Master Hongzhi: “Silent illumination,...
- Jun 29, 2021
- 1 min
Tired, Bad Mood, Curmudgeonly - It’s All Practice
Woke up really early the other morning - needed to get 3-4 more hours of sleep. Returned to bed, tried being aware of breathing, relaxing...
- Mar 28, 2020
- 2 min
Awareness is The Prime Directive: Empowering the “Oversight Committee”
(Had a very busy day, working with new software, tackling the learning curve, doing some necessary planning / decision-making. Toward the...
- Jan 13, 2020
- 1 min
The Practice of Non-Self
The Buddha taught that there is no ongoing, abiding thing in anyone or anything that can be called a “self”. That which we call “self” is...
- Nov 25, 2019
- 1 min
Taking Refuge in Awareness
In his book, “The Sound of Silence”, Ajahn Sumedho says that, better than taking refuge in changing conditions, like happenings, our...
- Nov 25, 2019
- 1 min
2 Important Meanings of “Let Go”
We talk about letting go of thoughts, letting go of clinging, etc. I think it’s important to distinguish “letting go” from making these...
- Nov 8, 2019
- 1 min
Letting Go of Thoughts, Feelings - Awareness of Them Comes First!
Practicing mindfulness in daily life is like a mix - a ratio of letting go and awareness. Yesterday, it felt like the letting go...
- Nov 5, 2019
- 2 min
Let Go, and Mindfulness Appears Without Effort!
Getting (back) into “A Still Forest Pool” by Achan Cha. On p. 2: “The heart of the path is so simple. No need for long explanations. Give...
- Oct 26, 2019
- 1 min
The Awareness Way of Life is a Coup d’Etat!
Making the switch from the very common mindless way of life to the mindfulness way is a radical change in who’s in charge - a coup...
- Oct 15, 2019
- 1 min
Aware of Thought, Let Go, Aware of Peace Mind
Open to thoughts that come in, even negative, complaining ones. Shining bare awareness on them, they are acknowledged, then they fade...
- Aug 30, 2019
- 2 min
DLMP - A Definite Way to Bodhisattva-ness!!!
Woke up and read a blurb about intention - from Tricycle’s Buddha fest 2019 announcement: “Everything Hangs on Intention: How to Align...
- Mar 31, 2019
- 1 min
The Mantra
(Said moment-to-moment) Drop your agendas and be here now!
- Feb 8, 2019
- 1 min
True Life Purpose!!
Reading stuff about Seuhn Sahn in Jon Kabat-Zinnʻs book “Coming Back to Our Senses”…today, remembered about his / Kwan Umʻs core...
- Jan 31, 2019
- 2 min
Mindfulness Practice Progression
Thinking a lot about what I want to do with my life next… Checking out my mindfulness songs and thinking about the talk-with-music thing,...
- Dec 11, 2018
- 2 min
Vow, Means, Contrasts, Music, Fitness
Vow Reminding is needed every day, especially days that are filled with events. With daily repetition, remembering will become more...
- Nov 30, 2018
- 5 min
True Life - from Mindfulness to Boddhisatva Action to Music, Speaking, Daily Life!
Main Purpose and Practice Doing mindfulness practice - being aware of thoughts that come, letting them go / coming back to this moment,...
- Oct 22, 2018
- 1 min
Just Do It! Very Important!
I practiced meditation (sitting, walking, chanting, everyday-life-mindfulness) for many years, but, due to an error, only got so far.*...
- May 20, 2018
- 2 min
Mindfulness: How to Deal with Thoughts
We want to practice mindfulness, and that means being present in this moment, rather than lost in thought. But thoughts invariably come...
- May 5, 2018
- 1 min
Sitting - a Great Tool When Things Are Difficult
Even when we’ve been practicing coming back to this moment, there can be times when difficult situations - problems in relationships, for...