Sublime
An inspiration engine for ideas
Meditations
Brian Cloutier • 3 cards
Beloved Community Circles
belovedcommunitycircles.org
if Zen originated in China, where did this text come from? If there ever was a sutra that presented the underlying teaching of Zen, this is it.
Red Pine • The Lankavatara Sutra: Translation and Commentary (NONE)
The division of the text into thirty-two chapters was the work of Prince Chao-ming (501-531), who was the eldest son of Emperor Wu of the Liang dynasty. This was the same Emperor Wu who asked a visiting Indian monk named Bodhidharma what merit he acquired as a result of all his religious philanthropy. The Zen patriarch told him, “None.” Ironically,
... See moreRed Pine • The Diamond Sutra: The Perfection of Wisdom
The Buddha’s advice in the Lankavatara is for us to drink that cup of tea and not to concern ourselves with where that experience fits into some previously constructed matrix of the mind.
Red Pine • The Lankavatara Sutra: Translation and Commentary (NONE)
Those who know don’t talk those who talk don’t know seal the opening close the gate dull the edge untie the tangle soften the light and join the dust this is called the Dark Union
Red Pine • Lao-tzu's Taoteching
This seems to be the consistent doctrine of all the T’ang masters from Hui-neng to Lin-chi. Nowhere in their teachings have I been able to find any instruction in or recommendation of the type of za-zen which is today the principal occupation of Zen monks.47 On the contrary, the practice is discussed time after time in the apparently negative fashi
... See moreAlan W. Watts • The Way of Zen
A bhikkhu observes the six sense organs and overcomes the five obstacles of the mind which are greed, hatred, ignorance, torpor, and doubt.
Thich Nhat Hanh • Old Path White Clouds: The Life Story of the Buddha
Buddhist teachings are skillful means to cure our ignorance, craving, and anger, as well as our habit of seeking things outside and not having confidence in ourselves.