“The fridge would be full one week in a month, and then the rest of the three weeks there’s a bottle of water.”
Read MoreWhat is consciousness, our inner experience of private awareness? Can consciousness be explained by only physical activities of the physical world? Because if not, if there is anything else required to explain consciousness in addition to the physical brain, then consciousness would defeat a materialistic or physicalistic worldview.
Read MoreShe who walks a tightrope wire is both strong and relaxed at the same time. With strength she is able to stay balanced in an impossible position. Yet by relaxing, she is sensitive to the most subtle of changes to her balance.
Read More“Thoughts are like arrows. They shoot out of a person’s mind, or mouth, seeking a target. Once they are launched, it is inevitable that they fall back to the earth. You are made of earth and dirt, a soft and natural target for an arrow. But that is not all that you are made of. You are denying three fourths of your nature. Why not become fire, or wind or water? Is that so far beyond your ability to imagine?”
Read More“The Song deals with the methods of and attitudes towards daily Zen practice. A central theme is a contrast between dharma-nature, reality as it is, versus buddha-nature, or self-nature. It also emphasizes practice over sutra-study.”
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