Dear Friends: Huike: “My mind is not at peace! I beg you, Master, pacify it!”Bodhidharma: “Bring me your mind and I will pacify it.”Huike: “I have searched for this mind but I have never been ableto find it.”Bodhidharma: “There, I have pacified your mind.” – Bodhidharma and Huike, Emptiness by Guy Armstrong Read More Mini […]
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Words of Wisdom for July 19, 2024
Dear Friends: Zazen and the universe are congruent. We think of ourselves as sitting Zazen. This is not the case. It is the entire universe that sits Zazen. – Sodo Yokoyama Roshi Read More Mini Mindfulness Breaks Click here to offer what you can for eBooks and Guided Mediations! Mindfulness Mentoring
Words of Wisdom for July 18, 2024
Dear Friends: “For our body to be healthy, our heart must pump a constant flow of blood. For our relationships to be healthy, we need a constant flow of mindful communication.” – Thich Nhat Hanh, Creating True Peace Read More Mini Mindfulness Breaks Click here to offer what you can for eBooks and Guided Mediations! […]
Words of Wisdom for July 18, 2024
Dear Friends: “For our body to be healthy, our heart must pump a constant flow of blood. For our relationships to be healthy, we need a constant flow of mindful communication.” – Thich Nhat Hanh, Creating True Peace Read More Mini Mindfulness Breaks Click here to offer what you can for eBooks and Guided Mediations! […]
Words of Wisdom for July 15, 2024
Dear Friends: “We can’t remove external problems at will, but in terms of our inner world we can develop tolerance, forgiveness and contentment. If we have developed peace of mind, we can remain calm no matter what happens in the outside world.” – His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Tibet House Read More Mini Mindfulness Breaks […]
Words of Wisdom for July 14, 2024
Dear Friends: IT IS NOT EXPENSIVEIt is not expensive to be handsomeTo build a rainbow is very cheapPeonies compete with chrysanthemumsBlue sky has never been paintedGold is golden by its own dignity – Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, Volume Seven. Excerpted from “Never Flinching” by Chogyam Trungpa Read More Mini Mindfulness Breaks Click here to offer what […]
Words of Wisdom for July 13, 2024
Dear Friends: Attention Excludes NothingAttention is not the same thing as concentration. Concentration is exclusion; attention, which is total awareness, excludes nothing. It seems to me that most of us are not aware, not only of what we are talking about but of our environment, the colours around us, the people, the shape of the […]