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The World is a Burning House: More on Renouncing Worldly Affairs

The World is a Burning House: More on Renouncing Worldly Affairs

Renunciation Day: The Dreamlike Illusion is a Sham

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Renunciation Day: The Dreamlike Illusion is a Sham

To practice Zen deeply a person must swim up the cultural stream.

Not Misusing Sexuality: The Naked-Woman Koan

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.”

Intimate Friendship: "When You Sing, I Respond; When I Sing, You Clap Hands"

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Intimate Friendship: "When You Sing, I Respond; When I Sing, You Clap Hands"

Plucking a Blade of Grass: The Wondrous Dharma of Miàodào

Plucking a Blade of Grass: The Wondrous Dharma of Miàodào

Below you will find a dharma talk by an incredible (and largely unknown) Zen master, Miàodào Dǐngguāng (1095-1170), one of only three women Zen masters listed in Outline of the Linked Flames, a transmission of illumination collection published in 1183. Miàodào had been a student of the Cáodòng (J. Sōtō)

Smashing Mu to Smithereens

Smashing Mu to Smithereens

Today I'll share another important passage about the one Zen way and the keyword that Chinul, the great Korean Master included in his Excerpts on Zen Practice, one of four core texts in the Korean Sŏn (Zen) monastic curriculum. The phrase "smashing mu..." also comes up

Almost Everything You Need Do To Awaken and Go Beyond Awakening: A Table Of Contents For The Teaching Of Dàhuì