October 25th recommended threads

Jundo

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October 25th recommended threads

10-25-2012, 02:17 PM

I encourage looking at these threads, topics and posts today ...

MU! ... BOOK OF EQUANIMITY - Case 18 ...

BOOK OF EQUANIMITY - Case 18 - Treeleaf Zendo

http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?10278-BOOK-OF-EQUANIMITY-Case-18

Case 17 never ends, yet now comes ... Case 18 - Joshu's Dog A fundamental Mahayana Teaching is that all sentient beings have (or, as Dogen sang, are) Buddha-nature ... even when hidden from us. That includes man's best friend, most Mahayana philosophers would traditionally agree. So, when asked, "Does a dog have Buddha

Panic Attacks are nothing to panic about ...

Existential Meltdowns - Treeleaf Zendo

http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?10274-Existential-Meltdowns&p=88359&viewfull=1#post88359

First off, I'm fine. Long time since one of these. I get up, make my tea, drink my tea, the han starts, I sit on the zafu, and almost immediately I feel it coming on. As the han sounds from my computer wind down, the black hole steadily builds. I think, "Man, I'm gonna have to sit through this whole sitting with with

Let's keep it real Right Here ...

Right HERE! - Treeleaf Zendo

http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?10261-Right-HERE%21

I'd just finished my yoga routine yesterday afternoon, and I remembered I hadn't done my daily metta prayer yet. So I thought, oh well I still have time and just sat there on the yoga mat silently going through the prayer. And somewhere in the process of offering metta to my mother who's miles away in another city, it occurred

Why this "Way Beyond Words and Letters" has so many words sometimes ...

Why chase Buddha? - Treeleaf Zendo

http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?10273-Why-chase-Buddha

Why not just Zazen, eat when its time to eat, work when its time to work, be with family when with family and sleep when sleep? I feel that I create duality when I look for Buddha by talking about Zen or Buddhism. Words cannot describe reality. Buddha is within us. There is nothing to talk about.

ALL OF LIFE IS OUR TEMPLE
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