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Ordinary Extraordinary
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Living life to its fullest isn't about checking off thrills from a list; It's about being fearless in following my dreams, courageous in accepting that some will go unfulfilled and taking the time to savor something as simple as a cup of tea - Daiku Michael
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Alone eternal

Sitting on the shoreThe endless ocean roarsAlone eternal

03 oct 10

Like stepping on earth and falling into space

Like stepping on earth and falling into spaceIt cannot be graspedWords cannot define itThoughts cannot capture itA songbird without a tongueA bell without a strikerA frog without a mouthThe old man t...

20 aug 10

Dogens Fukanzazengi: Section Three

For sanzen (zazen), a quiet room is suitable. Eat and drink moderately. Cast aside all involvements and cease all affairs. Do not think good or bad. Do not administer pros and cons. Cease all the mov...

17 aug 10

Dogen's Fukanzazengi: Section Two

Need I mention the Buddha, who was possessed of inborn knowledge? The influence of his six years of upright sitting is noticeable still. Or Bodhidharma's transmission of the mind-seal?--the fame of h...

22 mar 10

Dogen's Fukanzazengi: Section One

Dogen's Fukanzazengi is fundamental to Soto Zen, due to the emphasis this school places on practice (zazen) being not a means to attaining realisation, but as being realisation itself.There are a num...

09 mar 10

Dogens Genjo Koan: Section Eleven

Dogen finishes with a koan.Mayu, Zen master Baoche, was fanning himself. A monk approached and said, “Master, the nature of wind is permanent and there is no place it does not reach. Why, then, do yo...

15 dec 09

Dogens Genjo Koan: Section Ten

Accordingly, in the practice-enlightenment of the buddha way, to attain one thing is to penetrate one thing; to meet one practice is to sustain one practice. Here is the place; here the way unfolds. ...

24 nov 09

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