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A Swinging Door
A brief teaching from a Soto Zen master
A brief teaching from a Soto Zen master
Thoughts in the mind are like waves in the ocean: you can never fully stop them from arising, explains Zen master Shunryu Suzuki.
Zen practice, zen life
As it turns out, emptiness can be understood perfectly while chewing rice.
When we practice zazen our mind always follows our breathing. When we inhale, the air comes into the inner world. When we exhale, the air goes out to the outer world. The inner world is limitless, and the outer world is also limitless. We say “inner world” or “outer world,” but actually there is just […]
Shunryu Suzuki Roshi on learning to transcend dualistic ideas through the practice of bowing.
What we call “I” is just a swinging door which moves when we inhale and when we exhale. When we practice zazen our mind always follows our breathing. When we inhale, the air comes into the inner world. When we exhale, the air goes out to the outer world. The inner world is limitless, and […]
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