Ram Dass was told to take this short reading along with him on a retreat trip, rather than some books he'd intended to take, by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche who taught in the U.S. but came from Tibet. https://www.youtube.com/embed/vtUem7UyLFI The Hsin-Hsin Ming is a profound 6th Century non-dualistic perennial wisdom poem, first in the Ch’an (Chinese … Continue reading Third Chinese Patriarch of Chán – Words and Read Aloud
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Emptiness Practice in Tibetan Buddhism
Finding out that you are pure awareness, an egoless presence is a practice that is tricky but important if you are to take life less seriously. Since suffering is caused by our imagining that things are real, and worth forming intense emotions and opinions about, which is driven by ego, it is worth dissecting. Tibetan … Continue reading Emptiness Practice in Tibetan Buddhism
Japanese Taiko Drumming Ensemble
https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZagsLrNzg3I 洗足学園音楽大学/SENZOKU GAKUEN college of Music Taiko has grown in the United States since coming over from Japan in the late 1960s. The first American taiko group, San Francisco Taiko Dojo, was formed in 1968 by Seiichi Tanaka, a postwar immigrant who studied taiko in Japan and brought the styles and teachings to America. A … Continue reading Japanese Taiko Drumming Ensemble
Sandokai (Poem)
Sandokai From west to east, unseen, flowed out the mind of India's greatest Sage And to the source kept true as an unsullied stream is clear. Although by wit and dullness the True Way is varied, Yet it has no Patriarch of south or north. Here born we clutch at things And then compound delusion, … Continue reading Sandokai (Poem)
Visit to Upaya Zen Center Santa Fe
Late October 2021 was my second visit to the Upaya Zen Center in Santa Fe. Unfortunately, due to COVID restrictions, access inside any of the buildings was not allowed. It was a stunningly beautiful fall day and I walked the grounds for a half hour. I had a chance encounter with one lovely female resident. … Continue reading Visit to Upaya Zen Center Santa Fe
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