Patience requires us to go beyond the choice between fleeing or fighting. It is the third and most difficult way.
Affectionate awareness starts being a real central value in our lives.
Buddhism
Buddha-Life, by Katagiri Roshi
We can see the original principle of existence in the life of a tree, a pebble, snow, the seasons and other forms in nature.
The Buddha’s Discovery, by Bhante Henepola Gunaratana
What happiness is and what it isn’t.
Putting the Buddha’s discovery into practice is no quick fix.
It’s all an adventure, by John Aske
Never mind the broken chairs and the shattered table, and the light that didn’t work, it’s all an adventure, every bit of it, so we might as well enjoy it even when everything seems to be going wrong. In fact, the moments when it goes wrong are often the times to throw the doors wide and invite all the troubles in, the happiness, the despair. ‘Greet them with laughter,’…
Animals do Zazen Naturally, by Zen Master Kozan Kato
So we have to do zazen. It’s the most important thing in the life of a human being.
The Misguided Monk
Short animation 3mins. When an old hermit monk has his day interrupted by an uninvited guest, he is unwillingly taken on a journey to discover the true meaning of companionship.
Dzogchen, by Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche
Please consider this: right now, you have a body, a voice and a mind, don’t you? Of these, mind is the most important. Isn’t it true that your body and voice are the servants of mind? Mind is the boss, and here comes more about mind…
The Grandmotherly Kindness
As far as the Zen masters are concerned, however, they have always been motivated by something beyond this material world and even when they are being apparently extreme or severe, if they are genuine, far from being cruel or uncaring they will be acting from a grandmotherly kindness…
