cgonzale.bsky.social
@cgonzale.bsky.social
Scientist, Zen Buddhist, and very interested in philosophy, social sciences, books, religion, and spirituality.
When somebody gives me anger, I give them love and kindness. When somebody gives me hatred, I give them compassion.
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September 9, 2025 at 3:34 AM
When somebody gives me anger, I give them love and kindness. When somebody gives me hatred, I give them compassion.
September 9, 2025 at 3:17 AM
As the legendary Philosopher’s Stone was once believed to transmute ordinary metals into gold, meditation and Samadhi can distill anger into kindness and compassion.
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May 7, 2025 at 2:28 AM
When it comes to enlightenment, not even a single word is too many words.
April 27, 2025 at 11:14 PM
When all Buddhas speak, not even a single word is uttered. True understanding of the Way requires no words, concepts, or cognition.
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April 21, 2025 at 3:36 AM
True seeing does not require eyes. True communication does not require words.
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March 29, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Just like a full plant can grow out of a pavement's crack, so wisdom can arise from our deluded minds.

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March 9, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Karma is like our spiritual DNA, it just determines our pre-dispositions, but it does not determine how we should act.
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February 17, 2025 at 3:09 AM
When the Dharma is transmitted, nothing moves, nothing changes, and no trace of space or time remains.
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January 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Humor is a marvelous device that transforms suffering into laughter

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January 11, 2025 at 11:21 PM
While in Samadhi, every time we take a breath we realize that unsurpassable complete enlightenment is all around us, and that we do not need external conditions, false gurus, or deviant practices to realize it.
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January 4, 2025 at 6:13 PM
When we sit in Zazen and drop our leaking mind, we experience the cessation of time and space. At the end, no trace of past, present, future, or the ten directions remains.
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December 27, 2024 at 7:18 PM
Even in the darkest nights, the eternal candle of enlightenment casts its pure brilliance across the ten directions.

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December 22, 2024 at 3:35 PM
Our journey does not end with death nor does it start when we are born.
December 20, 2024 at 5:14 PM
When we get over mind and no mind, existence and non existence, self and no self, the true essence of reality is actualized without a single thought.
December 18, 2024 at 12:49 AM
In true silence we can listen to the glorious voices of Buddhas in the Ten Directions. When the mind is cleared of all defilements and wrong views, we can see all Buddha Lands in their full pure splendor even in the middle of the darkest night.
December 12, 2024 at 2:58 AM
The ineffable cannot be contained, described, measured, or touched. However, it can be experienced.
December 9, 2024 at 4:15 AM
Because our attachments to the sense world, every day, the moon is born at twilight and dies at dawn.
December 6, 2024 at 2:28 PM
“When talking about the great matter of life and death, bring me your heart and leave your brain at home”

Ven. Master Gosung Shin

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December 3, 2024 at 1:44 AM
When we sit in deep concentration, all senses become one and then fade away. Body and mind unify and “inside” and “outside” are no longer different.
November 29, 2024 at 6:33 PM
Every single moment in our lives is just the future of our past and the past of our future. In the end, the three times are indistinguishable and arise within the continuous stream of our consciousness.
November 26, 2024 at 7:47 PM
Chance and randomness are the result of external conditions governed by the laws of cause and effect. We cannot predict these events due to our inability to clearly see these laws.
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November 26, 2024 at 12:08 AM
Engaged in spiritual practices while obsessing with “obtaining enlightenment “ is like trying to grab our own shadows.
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November 24, 2024 at 9:03 PM
Every time I take a walk with my dog, she reminds me that there are always things in life beyond my control.
November 23, 2024 at 11:42 PM
As nothing is permanent, our bodies are in constant change and decay, even before be are born.
November 22, 2024 at 4:21 PM