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Buddhism Now @buddhismnow.bsky.social · 47m

Buddhist read: In Chinese popular imagination, monks, and mysterious hermits were often thought to be disguised Buddhist holy men wp.me/pFy3u-3Q0.

The Sixteen Buddhist Luohans

In the Chinese popular imagination, mendicant monks, conjurers, and mysterious hermits were often thought to be disguised “living luohans,” or Buddhist holy men capable of producing miracles.

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Buddhism Now @buddhismnow.bsky.social · 1d

Buddhist insights: Everyday Buddhist: If you don’t let go, there will be suffering, by Ajahn Chah… wp.me/pFy3u-3l0.

If you don’t let go, there will be suffering, by Ajahn Chah

In the field of conventional reality, one side is right and the other side is wrong, and there can never be complete agreement. Arguing till the tears fall, however, is of no use whatsoever. The Bu…

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Buddhism Now @buddhismnow.bsky.social · 8h

Buddhist practice: I'm sitting on my cushion before going to work and that feeling of openness… Final Lesson, by Arthur Braverman: wp.me/pFy3u-Xq.
Meeting with Uchiyama Kōshō Roshi

Final Lesson, by Arthur Braverman

And he [Uchiyama Kôshô Roshi] told us ‘to look at zazen and not at him as our teacher’. It’s almost as if he knew some of us would become disappointed in him and he didn’t want our dis…

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Buddhism Now @buddhismnow.bsky.social · 12h

In terms of a human being, a Buddha is a person without ego-self. This means that for sentient beings there is no centre or self-nature. In Buddhism, this is explained as the law of causality.
Harada Sekkei Roshi

Goodnight everyone, look after yourself.

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Buddhism Now @buddhismnow.bsky.social · 12h

Looking for some Buddhism? The first of the four noble truths is the truth of suffering, and in order to understand it, you have to accept it. ‘Universal Original Purity’, by Ajahn Sumedho wp.me/pFy3u-1oq.

Universal Original Purity, by Ajahn Sumedho

The purity of the moment is in this pure state of awareness. Therefore, you can always refer to it, remember it, just by the simple act of attention, this wide, embracing attention, intuitive aware…

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Buddhism Now @buddhismnow.bsky.social · 18h

Buddhist insights: 'This is the Miracle', by Trevor Leggett wp.me/pFy3u-1ry.

This is the Miracle, by Trevor Leggett

The teacher said that people today, and always, sell themselves cheap. Somebody who is always saying, ‘I’m no good,’ won’t try at anything because, ‘Things always go w…

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Buddhism Now @buddhismnow.bsky.social · 23h

Morning meditation — Acknowledge the experiences as they arise.
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Morning meditation — Acknowledge the experiences as they arise.

‘Acknowledge the experiences as they arise. They are the reality of the moment. Buddhist meditation.’ Everyday Buddhism

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Buddhism Now @buddhismnow.bsky.social · 1d

Buddhist read: Buddhist Meditation: Satipatthana sutta is one of the most highly revered sutta setting out mindfulness as the one way to overcome suffering. wp.me/pFy3u-4Mc.

Satipatthana sutta the Buddha’s Teaching on Mindfulness

Satipatthana sutta setting out the Buddha’s teaching to overcome suffering.

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Buddhism Now @buddhismnow.bsky.social · 1d

Buddhist practice: When I forgot myself, it was exactly like that. There was nothing obtained and nothing was thrown away.
Accepting the Moment 'Now', by Harada Sekkei Roshi
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Accepting the Moment ‘Now’, by Harada Sekkei Roshi

When I forgot myself, it was exactly like that. There was nothing obtained and nothing was thrown away.

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Buddhism Now @buddhismnow.bsky.social · 1d

Through the cultivation wisdom, we move beyond the limitations of the conceptual mind and touch the true nature of reality. We see that in emptiness, there is no separation between self and other, between wisdom and compassion.

Goodnight everyone please look after yourself.

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Buddhism Now @buddhismnow.bsky.social · 1d

Followers of the way: Part Two of 'Questions of monks to their teacher Ajahn Chah' wp.me/pFy3u-4cF.

Two: Questions of Monks to their Teacher Ajahn Chah

Practice is separate from any posture. It is a matter of directly looking at the mind.

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Buddhism Now @buddhismnow.bsky.social · 5d

Buddhist practice: We all want the enlightened state.
'The Real Way', by John Aske
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The Real Way by John Aske

These loves, hates, frustrations etc, unpleasant as they seem, are the essential manure out of which the lotus of enlightenment grows and blossoms. And the bigger the clay, the bigger the Buddha, a…

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Buddhism Now @buddhismnow.bsky.social · 1d

Buddhist insights: Everyday Buddhist: If you don’t let go, there will be suffering, by Ajahn Chah… wp.me/pFy3u-3l0.

If you don’t let go, there will be suffering, by Ajahn Chah

In the field of conventional reality, one side is right and the other side is wrong, and there can never be complete agreement. Arguing till the tears fall, however, is of no use whatsoever. The Bu…

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Buddhism Now @buddhismnow.bsky.social · 9d

Buddhist read: Foundations of Buddhism: 'The Eightfold Path'. wp.me/pFy3u-Oc.

The Eightfold Path

Whoever makes endeavour for the riddance of wrong purpose, for the attainment of right purpose, that is his right endeavour. Mindful, he gets rid of wrong purpose; mindful, entering on right purpos…

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Buddhism Now @buddhismnow.bsky.social · 1d

Morning meditation — Often people say they are meditating.
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Morning meditation — Often people say they are meditating.

‘Often people say they are meditating, but what they are really doing is thinking of nothing, and the mind is completely dull. I don’t think that is right meditation. It’s just increasing the dullness of the mind.’ Geshe Tashi Tsering

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Buddhism Now @buddhismnow.bsky.social · 2d

Buddhist read: What do you want from zazen? Why do you practise? Part 3 Zazenshin: Acupuncture Needle of Zazen, by Shohaku Okumura
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Part 3 Zazenshin: Acupuncture Needle of Zazen, by Shohaku Okumura

Baso came to a realisation and his mind was transcendent. After this encounter, he became Nangaku’s student and practised with him for ten years.

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Buddhism Now @buddhismnow.bsky.social · 2d

Buddhist practice: Zuigan would call to himself, ‘Are you awake?’ Then answer, ‘Yes!’ Then he'd say, ‘Don’ t be fooled by others.’ And would answer, ‘No, no!’ wp.me/pFy3u-1wI Harada Sekkei Roshi

The Awakened Self, Harada Sekkei Roshi

What I want to say is that an ordinary person should truly be an ordinary person, completely giving up seeking mind and practice, and then just to be truly ordinary. That is enough…

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Buddhism Now @buddhismnow.bsky.social · 2d

Prajñāpāramitā is the wisdom that has gone beyond — beyond duality, beyond self, beyond suffering. It is the realisation that all phenomena are empty, that there is no fixed essence to grasp, no permanent self to protect.

Night night sleep tight.

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Buddhism Now @buddhismnow.bsky.social · 2d

Buddhist insights: Living in the Mountains. The Poetry of Zen Master Jakushitsu. Translated by Arthur Braverman wp.me/pFy3u-4pw.

Living in the Mountains

Neither seeking fame nor grieving my poverty

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Buddhism Now @buddhismnow.bsky.social · 4d

Buddhist insights: Everyday Buddhist: The metta practice rests on the basis of loving oneself, or at least liking oneself. wp.me/pFy3u-1Sq John Aske.

Practice of metta and the English Problem, by John Aske

The metta practice rests on the basis of loving oneself, or at least liking oneself. Without this step, no further progress is possible, either in the metta practice or in the practice of any of th…

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Buddhism Now @buddhismnow.bsky.social · 4d

Buddhist practice: In the same way, there is something in the training which keeps on the same line and keeps perfectly balanced. Trevor Leggett.
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Something in the training, by Trevor Leggett

The man wants the bath water to be calm so he smacks down the waves as they come up. The teacher said, ‘That’s like trying to smack down your thoughts as they arise. But that will just create new o…

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Buddhism Now @buddhismnow.bsky.social · 2d

Buddhist insights: When the practice is as deep as this, how could you not awaken? 'Solely from the Mind', by Kusan Sunim wp.me/pFy3u-23X.

Solely from the Mind, by Kusan Sunim

If someone practises in this way, then whether walking, standing, sitting, lying, talking or not talking, in the midst of activity or nonactivity, the hwadu (Koan) will be always vivid…

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Buddhism Now @buddhismnow.bsky.social · 2d

Morning meditation — Everything is meditation itself and can be regarded as an opportunity for change.

‘Everything is meditation itself and can be regarded as an opportunity for change — this is turning the negative into the positive.’ Everyday Buddhism

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Buddhism Now @buddhismnow.bsky.social · 3d

Buddhist read: Awareness is a natural state; it’s normal. It isn’t a compounded state that depends on other conditions. 'No View is Right View', by Ajahn Sumedho wp.me/pFy3u-4B5.

No View is Right View, by Ajahn Sumedho

Awareness is a natural state; it’s normal. It isn’t a compounded state that depends on other conditions.

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Buddhism Now @buddhismnow.bsky.social · 3d

Buddhist practice: I'm sitting on my cushion before going to work and that feeling of openness.. wp.me/pFy3u-Xq 'Final Lesson', by Arthur Braverman.

Final Lesson, by Arthur Braverman

And he [Uchiyama Kôshô Roshi] told us ‘to look at zazen and not at him as our teacher’. It’s almost as if he knew some of us would become disappointed in him and he didn’t want our dis…

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