Bodhi Dass (Ben)
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"How should I apply my mind twenty-four hours a day?"
"`When chickens are cold, they roost in trees: when ducks are cold, they plunge into water."
"Then I don't need cultivated realization, and won't pursue Buddhahood or Zen mastery."
"You've saved half my effort"
Ch'eng-t'ien
#Zen #Buddha
"`When chickens are cold, they roost in trees: when ducks are cold, they plunge into water."
"Then I don't need cultivated realization, and won't pursue Buddhahood or Zen mastery."
"You've saved half my effort"
Ch'eng-t'ien
#Zen #Buddha
December 16, 2024 at 8:54 AM
December 16, 2024 at 4:40 AM
When things fall apart and we're on the verge of we know not what, the test of each of us is to stay on that brink and not concretize. The spiritual journey is not about heaven and finally getting to a place that's really swell.
-Pema Chödrön
-Pema Chödrön
December 13, 2024 at 8:30 AM
When things fall apart and we're on the verge of we know not what, the test of each of us is to stay on that brink and not concretize. The spiritual journey is not about heaven and finally getting to a place that's really swell.
-Pema Chödrön
-Pema Chödrön
Zen:
A direct transmission outside scriptures and apart from tradition
No dependence on words and letters
Direct pointing to the human mind
Seeing into one's own nature and becoming Budhha (awakened)
A direct transmission outside scriptures and apart from tradition
No dependence on words and letters
Direct pointing to the human mind
Seeing into one's own nature and becoming Budhha (awakened)
December 12, 2024 at 6:58 AM
Zen:
A direct transmission outside scriptures and apart from tradition
No dependence on words and letters
Direct pointing to the human mind
Seeing into one's own nature and becoming Budhha (awakened)
A direct transmission outside scriptures and apart from tradition
No dependence on words and letters
Direct pointing to the human mind
Seeing into one's own nature and becoming Budhha (awakened)
December 11, 2024 at 3:59 AM
December 11, 2024 at 3:52 AM
December 11, 2024 at 3:29 AM
Do not seek for the truth; only cease to cherish opinions.
-Hsin Hsin Ming
-Hsin Hsin Ming
December 9, 2024 at 8:34 PM
Do not seek for the truth; only cease to cherish opinions.
-Hsin Hsin Ming
-Hsin Hsin Ming
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Thou shalt like this post just because you’re an atheist but you think this God is super chill.
December 4, 2024 at 3:03 AM
Thou shalt like this post just because you’re an atheist but you think this God is super chill.
On my way to the Ram Dass retreat! So excited to spend time with some beautiful people 🧘🥰
December 4, 2024 at 3:22 PM
On my way to the Ram Dass retreat! So excited to spend time with some beautiful people 🧘🥰
I am in and through the universes, but
not limited by anything in them. This is the great, hidden
mystery, I bring forth and support all beings but I am not confined in them. Through the movement of my energies
of creation, I produce a multiplicity of forms from the unity of
myself.
Bhagavad Gita
not limited by anything in them. This is the great, hidden
mystery, I bring forth and support all beings but I am not confined in them. Through the movement of my energies
of creation, I produce a multiplicity of forms from the unity of
myself.
Bhagavad Gita
December 4, 2024 at 3:22 PM
I am in and through the universes, but
not limited by anything in them. This is the great, hidden
mystery, I bring forth and support all beings but I am not confined in them. Through the movement of my energies
of creation, I produce a multiplicity of forms from the unity of
myself.
Bhagavad Gita
not limited by anything in them. This is the great, hidden
mystery, I bring forth and support all beings but I am not confined in them. Through the movement of my energies
of creation, I produce a multiplicity of forms from the unity of
myself.
Bhagavad Gita
It's curious that it's always my thoughts that tell me my feelings can't be trusted.
Possibly an unreliable source.
Possibly an unreliable source.
December 3, 2024 at 8:59 AM
It's curious that it's always my thoughts that tell me my feelings can't be trusted.
Possibly an unreliable source.
Possibly an unreliable source.
"The Way is perfect as vast space is perfect,
where nothing is lacking and nothing is in excess."
-Hsin Hsin Ming
where nothing is lacking and nothing is in excess."
-Hsin Hsin Ming
December 3, 2024 at 7:17 AM
"The Way is perfect as vast space is perfect,
where nothing is lacking and nothing is in excess."
-Hsin Hsin Ming
where nothing is lacking and nothing is in excess."
-Hsin Hsin Ming
Each thing reveals the One,
the One manifests as all things.
To live in this Realization
is not to worry about perfection or non-perfection.
-Hsin Hsin Ming
the One manifests as all things.
To live in this Realization
is not to worry about perfection or non-perfection.
-Hsin Hsin Ming
December 1, 2024 at 1:48 AM
Each thing reveals the One,
the One manifests as all things.
To live in this Realization
is not to worry about perfection or non-perfection.
-Hsin Hsin Ming
the One manifests as all things.
To live in this Realization
is not to worry about perfection or non-perfection.
-Hsin Hsin Ming
A rendition of All Things Must Pass by George Harrison
November 30, 2024 at 3:21 AM
A rendition of All Things Must Pass by George Harrison
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I miss when ‘sticking it to the man’ didn’t mean sticking it to science, history, and basic empathy.
November 27, 2024 at 8:23 PM
I miss when ‘sticking it to the man’ didn’t mean sticking it to science, history, and basic empathy.