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Gold
“The secret is: how not to be, how to disappear as an ego. Then whatever you touch creates music, whatever you touch becomes Gold.” … more »
Osho Says...
Fire-Poker Zen
kathavarta wrote 2 days ago: Hakuin used to tell his pupils about an old woman who had a teashop, praising her understanding of Z … more »
The Last Rap
kathavarta wrote 2 days ago: Tangen had studied with Sengai since childhood. When he was twenty he wanted to leave his teacher an … more »
Conversation at Duke Divinity School
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alanreynolds wrote 2 days ago: I just took a class on C.S. Lewis last week and the week before, and I’ve been trying to work … more »
Nothing Exists
kathavarta wrote 3 days ago: Yamaoka Tesshu, as a young student of Zen, visited one master after another. He called upon Dokuon o … more »
Learning to Be Silent
kathavarta wrote 3 days ago: The pupils of the Tendai school used to study meditation before Zen entered Japan. Four of them who … more »
One Note of Zen
kathavarta wrote 3 days ago: After Kakua visited the emperor he disappeared and no one knew what became of him. He was the first … more »
Kasan Sweat
kathavarta wrote 3 days ago: Kasan was asked to officiate at the funeral of a provincial lord. He had never met lords and nobles … more »
how-to avoid a teacher's question
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Jaret wrote 3 days ago: I’m sure a lot of people had that time where the teacher asks a ridiculously hard to answer qu … more »
In the Hands of Destiny
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kathavarta wrote 3 days ago: A great Japanese warrior named Nobunaga decided to attack the enemy although he had only one-tenth t … more »
A Marvelous Party: The Noel Coward Celebration
Alli wrote 3 days ago: “I’m an enormously talented man, and it’s no use pretending I’m not.” “She stopped the s … more »
CONSUMERS HAVE RIGHTS TOO
miapenwarden wrote 4 days ago: HARMFUL BUSINESS PRACTICES Protecting consumers against unscrupulous businesses To prevent exploit … more »
Flower Shower
kathavarta wrote 4 days ago: Subhuti was Buddha’s disciple. He was able to understand the potency of emptiness, the viewpoi … more »
Everything is Best
kathavarta wrote 4 days ago: When Banzan was walking through a market he overheard a conversation between a butcher and his custo … more »
Studying
misschris09 wrote 4 days ago: As I was surfing the Internet for a reliable ACT test prep site that didn’t give the same … more »
Reciting Sutras
kathavarta wrote 5 days ago: A farmer requested a Tendai priest to recite sutras for his wife, who had died. After the recitation … more »
Eshun's Departure
kathavarta wrote 5 days ago: When Eshun, the Zen nun, was past sixty and about to leave this world, she asked some monks to pile … more »
My Heart Burns Like Fire
kathavarta wrote 5 days ago: Soyen Shaku, the first Zen teacher to come to America, said: “My heart burns like fire but my … more »
Shoan and His Mother
kathavarta wrote 5 days ago: Shoun became a teacher of Soto Zen. When he was still a student his father passed away, leaving him … more »
.Against our wilL.
iceynoah wrote 5 days ago: We’re moving! Again [yes, again]. Into our new house? No. We’re being forced out of our … more »
