Keido Toby Rider (楽道)
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None of us is separate from the ocean, in the absolute sense. In the relative sense, it's wise to have strong open water swimming skills and a wetsuit rated for the current water temperature before diving in (I love swimming in the ocean). 😁
April 16, 2025 at 5:50 PM
None of us is separate from the ocean, in the absolute sense. In the relative sense, it's wise to have strong open water swimming skills and a wetsuit rated for the current water temperature before diving in (I love swimming in the ocean). 😁
Of course, this is not how it works. We cannot create separation while trying to dispel the delusion of separation.🤣
April 16, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Of course, this is not how it works. We cannot create separation while trying to dispel the delusion of separation.🤣
Just wrapped up a four day long engaged compassion retreat. 🙏🙏🙏
April 1, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Just wrapped up a four day long engaged compassion retreat. 🙏🙏🙏
Strive to not strive while sitting zazen. 😆🙏
February 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Strive to not strive while sitting zazen. 😆🙏
Practicing non-attachment.
February 11, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Practicing non-attachment.
"It’s not enough just to know the definition of bodhisattva and read about them. What’s much more important is to understand the actions of a bodhisattva and then to behave like one yourself; walk the path." -Kosho Uchiyama Roshi, “The Bodhisattva Vow: Eight Views”
February 10, 2025 at 7:00 AM
"It’s not enough just to know the definition of bodhisattva and read about them. What’s much more important is to understand the actions of a bodhisattva and then to behave like one yourself; walk the path." -Kosho Uchiyama Roshi, “The Bodhisattva Vow: Eight Views”
“Sit immovably in the place where being superior or inferior to others doesn’t matter.” -Kosho Uchiyama Roshi
(Photo of Shōhaku Okumura Roshi, Sanshin Zen Center, Bloomington, IN)
(Photo of Shōhaku Okumura Roshi, Sanshin Zen Center, Bloomington, IN)
February 7, 2025 at 3:57 AM
“Sit immovably in the place where being superior or inferior to others doesn’t matter.” -Kosho Uchiyama Roshi
(Photo of Shōhaku Okumura Roshi, Sanshin Zen Center, Bloomington, IN)
(Photo of Shōhaku Okumura Roshi, Sanshin Zen Center, Bloomington, IN)
It's a liberating practice to step back for a second and ask ourselves the question "Am I taking myself too seriously lately?" 🤣
February 4, 2025 at 9:15 PM
It's a liberating practice to step back for a second and ask ourselves the question "Am I taking myself too seriously lately?" 🤣
"Renunciation is realizing that our nostalgia for wanting to stay in a protected, limited, petty world is insane. Once you begin to get the feeling of how big the world is and how vast our potential for experiencing life is, then you begin to understand renunciation." - Master Pema Chödrön
February 4, 2025 at 5:13 PM
"Renunciation is realizing that our nostalgia for wanting to stay in a protected, limited, petty world is insane. Once you begin to get the feeling of how big the world is and how vast our potential for experiencing life is, then you begin to understand renunciation." - Master Pema Chödrön
"Samsara actually refers to the confused inner world of our emotions, judgments, opinions, expectations, and actions influenced by these confusions. This is why we practice The Way: to see that all of our problems are self-created and thus have the potential to be self-liberated.” -Phakchok Rinpoche
February 4, 2025 at 5:09 PM
"Samsara actually refers to the confused inner world of our emotions, judgments, opinions, expectations, and actions influenced by these confusions. This is why we practice The Way: to see that all of our problems are self-created and thus have the potential to be self-liberated.” -Phakchok Rinpoche
深深的敬意！Honoring Master Sheng Yen (1931-2009), who died sixteen years ago today. One of the two most impactful Taiwanese Ch'an (Zen masters) of the 20th Century. 🙏🙏🙏
February 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM
深深的敬意！Honoring Master Sheng Yen (1931-2009), who died sixteen years ago today. One of the two most impactful Taiwanese Ch'an (Zen masters) of the 20th Century. 🙏🙏🙏
“Our sense of ego distorts awareness of our true nature, so even when we think we’re in the present, we’re “thinking” about the present. We’re not actually EXPERIENCING here and now. We start comparing and judging. Blinded by conceptual thought.” - Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo
February 3, 2025 at 2:03 AM
“Our sense of ego distorts awareness of our true nature, so even when we think we’re in the present, we’re “thinking” about the present. We’re not actually EXPERIENCING here and now. We start comparing and judging. Blinded by conceptual thought.” - Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo
"To be a monk is to make time to practice for your transformation and healing. And after that to help with the transformation and healing of other people." - Thich Nhat Hanh
(Photo of a member of The Order of Zen Peacemakers walking the perimeter at Auschwitz concentration camp).
(Photo of a member of The Order of Zen Peacemakers walking the perimeter at Auschwitz concentration camp).
February 1, 2025 at 8:20 PM
"To be a monk is to make time to practice for your transformation and healing. And after that to help with the transformation and healing of other people." - Thich Nhat Hanh
(Photo of a member of The Order of Zen Peacemakers walking the perimeter at Auschwitz concentration camp).
(Photo of a member of The Order of Zen Peacemakers walking the perimeter at Auschwitz concentration camp).