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Think about your own state of mind. Can you change a worried thought to a happy thought?
Only if your mind is perfectly empty.
If your mind is not empty, it still has ego. With…
Truth in full bloom, arisen in Mind alone.
Moons in a thousand rivers, illumined in emptiness - awareness;
Should…
The warden of the monastery had long been in the presence of Master Yuan Yi, yet never once asked for dharma instruction in person.
One day Master Yuan Yi asked the warden,
"Why don't you come for an interview?"
"Abbot, you don't know?! I already found the entry point to the Way when I studied at Green Forest."
"Well, then show me."
"Someone asked "What is the Buddha?" Master Green Forest said, "Fire seeking fire.""
"Words…
From Zen Master Miao Tsan, "True liberation is the ability to remain in a state of complete freedom in the midst of impermanence. It is the ability to live in this changing world from an unchanging oneness of mind and matter. In…
My mother always told me a watched pot never boils. She said I would always find what I was looking for in the last place I looked. I wanted to understand what she meant, but the truth of her statements eluded me. Of course the pot would boil. Of course I…
