Vine of Obstacles Zen

Not Misusing Sexuality

Not Misusing Sexuality: The Naked-Woman Koan

“All of the buddhas of the three worlds, the six ancestors, and all the great monks everywhere—they all come out from within this.”

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Not Misusing Sexuality

Not Misusing Sexuality: A Dead Tree

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Record of Going Easy

Nanquan Beheads a Cat: Putting the Two Together with One Stroke of a Blade

Sixteen Bodhisattva Precepts

Cats, Cars, and Categories: The Wondrous Subtlety of the Buddhadharma

One crucial point in this work is to grok the subtle truth of these three perspectives with the whole bodymind. Wallowing in moralism is dangerous. Realizing emptiness is not enough.

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Can Householders Really Do The Work of Zen?

You will need to let go of living your life based on fleeting and fickle human feelings. Beyond that, it is really simple. Find teachers with a training program that challenges you to throw yourself into the house of Buddha with wild abandon.

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Zhiyi

Vowing to Bring Beings to Full Maturity

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Favor and Disgrace Are Disturbing, So Deeply Trust Yourself

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Koan

A Fire Child Comes Seeking Fire: Understanding or Awakening?

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The Interacting Communion of Appeal and Response: Kanno Doko

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Practice Opportunities That Come From Being Reviled

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An Exercise For Loosening The Cold Dead Grip Of Thought

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The Platform Sutra

A Single Wisp of Cloud

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The Platform Sutra

Uplifting Buddha's Robe

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Zazen: The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Ancestor Section 5

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What is Shugyo 修行 (aka "Cultivating Conduct")?

"Shugyo refers to training the whole being in the most profound manner by taking the wisdom of awakening itself as the basis of training."

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Not Two: Marvelous Function Without Limit

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The Platform Sutra

"Do I Need A Teacher or Not?" The Quirky Perspective of the Platform Sutra

Platform Sutra

The Platform Sutra's Nonabiding

"If you can clear away grasping mind, you will be permeated with non obstruction."

Platform Sutra

Problems With The Platform Sutra: Dogen

...if you have a problem with the buddhadharma and don't even consider the possibility that it might be your personal problem, you really aren't in that moment studying the buddhadharma.

The Platform Sutra

Problems With The Platform Sutra: Scholars

There is a strong consensus among Buddhist scholars that "The Platform Sutra" is not what it presents itself to be....

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At All Times, Do Not Give Rise To Deluded Thoughts (Not)

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Kensho

Is Our Practice Sufficient? A Reflection On "A Deep Feeling of Inadequacy"

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Teacher-student

The Teacher-Student Relationship: Host and Guest

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Secret Acts of Kindness and He Gets Us

Why not create a world of kindness together?

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Do People Today Still Need Satori Or Not?