Zen Teacher Norman Fischer
“… the Buddha spoke of four ways of practice: not practicing, practicing for oneself, practicing for others, and practicing for both oneself and others, the best of these being to practice both for oneself and for others. If that’s what we’re doing, then we really need to see ourselves as practicing for [...]
going forth
nothing
Matsuo Basho, 17th-century Japanese poet.
Nothing in the cry
of cicadas suggests they
are about to die.
what is ‘buddha nature’?
The lotus flower grows in muddy water. At night the blossom closes and sinks underwater, at dawn it rises and opens again. In ancient faith traditions of Egypt, Asia (and Christianity), lotus (and lily) blossoms symbolize purity of heart and mind.
Ken McLeod teaches in the Tibetan tradition of Buddhism. He says:
Discomfort is the stimulus for creativity. Or, as Joseph Goldstein [...]
