In the beautiful 10-minute video below, a master teaches a boy the lesson of impermance by observing the flow of water and Nature in general. He compares the natural world to the boy's own life, and thoughts. He explains that change is what makes a beautiful world, and that we wouldn't want a stagnant world. … Continue reading Lovely 10-minute Impermanence Video
Author: Clare
A Great Interview About the Matrix
This recent interview by Jeff Mara of Rizwan Virk is worth your time to listen to. Virk went to MIT and has a background designing online games. He is up to date on the many world spiritual traditions, modern day physics, and is interested in the biggest life philosophical questions. He says a lot in … Continue reading A Great Interview About the Matrix
The 10 Ox Herding Illustrations
Sometimes called: Oxherder Illustrations . Ten Bulls. Ten Ox Herding Pictures. This series of illustrations is about taming the wild calf, and the calf is the wild mind, and in the story its needs are tamed. This story originated in china in the 12th century. It ended in the disappearance of the practitioner. In the … Continue reading The 10 Ox Herding Illustrations
Haiku by Matsuo Basho
Bashō's supposed birthplace in Iga Province Bashō (1644 – 1694) was the most famous Japanese poet of the Edo period. Since the crescent moon,I have been waiting for tonight. By my new banana plantThe first sign of something I loathe--A miscanthus bud! Even a horseArrests my eyes--on thisSnowy morrow. Another year is goneA traveler's shade … Continue reading Haiku by Matsuo Basho
Pure Land Practice
Notes from talk below: are out of the realm of samsara, like a purgatory. born instantaneously. lifts you up. consciousness out top of head. you develop rapid psychic powers. can help sentient beings. power of suchness. power of travel. remember all past lives and information. have celestial eye, and ears to hear cries and respond, … Continue reading Pure Land Practice
Pandiculation for Shoulder Tension
We MUST have relaxed muscles for the light to get in. If we have tension we are resisting the divine flow of energy into and through our body. All spiritual practices begin with relaxing muscles. Previously, I've posted my struggle with releasing tight shoulder/trapezius muscles related to decades of scoliosis abnormal posturing in my upper … Continue reading Pandiculation for Shoulder Tension
The 3 Refuges
In my tradition, the ceremony of the 3 refuges and the 5 precepts are done together in one ceremony. The Three Refuges In Buddhism, taking refuge has two meanings: to return and to rely. By taking the Three Refuges, we acknowledge that we have been deluded and erroneous in our ways; now we wish to … Continue reading The 3 Refuges
One Seeker's Story 