It’s not a matter of intellectually figuring out what mu is. To see muji you must put yourself completely into it until you are mu itself. Concentrate on muji until you and muji become one thing, and then keep on working.
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Kisagotami
A Buddhist parable. The story of Kisagotami and the mustard-seed.
The Gods Become Human by John Aske
We all have to learn the comfort of being ourselves — and not someone else. It is much harder than it looks and the problem never really goes away.
Sexual Desire, by The Dalai Lama
Then, on the desire side we shall see, if we analyse it, that attachment develops owing to seeing something beautiful — beautiful colour, beautiful shape, beautiful hair, nose, eyes, mouth — it is like that, isn’t it? Now, there are two types of love and compassion and one type is conditioned — ‘beautiful face, beautiful body, beautiful sound,’ — that kind of love is greatly conditioned. As soon as these conditions disappear, then no more love!
Enter the Mandala
In Enter the Mandala, a series of mandala paintings align the gallery with the cardinal directions—north, south, east and west—transforming the open gallery space into an architectural mandala.
Doctrine of Dependent Origination, by Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
Anybody who is able to comprehend the doctrine of dependent origination has the capability to engage in his own cultivation and end his suffering…
Souls of Zen
This film is the only documentary based on sustained attention to the everyday lives of Buddhist professionals in the disaster zone.
It’s Like This, by Ajahn Chah
The crude, beginning level of the practice is a little hard to maintain, but the refined levels of virtue, concentration, and discernment all come out of this…
Download PDF copy of ‘It’s Like This’, by Ajahn Chah
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