Maybe disease isn’t something to get rid of; maybe it’s something to understand, to contemplate, to come to terms with. Being born itself implies that we are going to be subject to different forces beyond our control. We can, of course, learn how to live more carefully, respecting life, not misusing our bodies, nor exploiting them…
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‘Buddha’ means ‘The Awakened One’. The Buddha was a man who discovered practical methods that enabled him to become permanently awake — hence his name…
In the course of one’s practice it is as though one has to take hold of the hua-t’ou [Koan] two or three times anew.
Many thanks everyone.
Season’s Greetings from all at Buddhism Now.
‘Is there a way we should aim at beyond the framework of zazen that has not yet been accomplished?’
Paintings from a series of thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei) by Katsushika Hokusai. © Art Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Avenue (at 82nd Street), New York, NY 10028, USA
