No-Mind: Calm and Clear

Vast and Profound
is the No-Mind.

Infinite calm
and deep clarity.

Mushotoku

Mindfulness and awareness

Even when the fog of drowsiness
impregnates the tranquil mind,
the tree of awareness
is rooted in the fertile
soil of mindfulness.

Consciousness and Subconsciousness

Changing emotional and thought patterns
requires exploring the hidden face
of the iceberg of consciousness.

To set a course for enlightenment,
the weight of the habitual tendencies
must be controlled.

This is what
FACING the WALL
means.

The subconscious belief in a
SELF
must dissolve into the
ocean of
LUMINOUS EMPTINESS.

Then, and only then,
consciousness and subconsciousness
will turn into
AWARENESS.

The snow of purity: Impermanence

Impermanent,
like the trace of a rabbit
on the snow,
like the footprints of a thought
in the mind.

Freedom: Spontaneity

When thoughts become like leaves,
falling naturally from the tree,
mind is set free.

Merry Christmas and happy 2010.

May your practice
allow your mind
to express its
own inherent

PEACE

LOVE

and CLARITY.

NAMASTE

Koyasan: Okunoin

Peace

Freshness

Life

Satori: Now

In the midst of turmoil,
find the silent center.

In the midst of calm,
find the moving core.

In the yes,
find the no.

Non-duality

Rinzai: Now

Kenshou

Autumn: falling thoughts

Let the fallen leaves of thought
flow down in the river of presence.

Temple: Discipline

You have to go into the temple
to appreciate the freedom
outside of it.

Then discipline turns into
spontaneous presence:
Mushotoku.

Right Concentration: Laser

Without right concentration
there is no right VIEW.

Self: The puppet Master

Who is the one
pulling the strings
of your confused mind?

Who is the one
turning your mind
into a puppet ?

Who is this one
hiding behind the veil
of ignorance?

Tea: satori

Use form and ritual
to find the formless
mind.

Now: Here

Space-Time.

Like steps on the sand of space,
vanished by the wind of time.

Here-Now.

Wisdom and Compassion

Let co-emergent wisdom
express as compassion
and satori will show up.

Aggregates and Self

Which one is your SELF?

The sound of emptiness

Hui Neng asked the novice:

Under which bell hides the empty nut?

Karma: Past actions and Future effects

Our actions have non-immediate effects,

which we can call karma.

Karma are the traces of past actions

in the present moment.

Action can only take place now,

at the present moment.

We should not wander in the imaginary past:

we should be aware right NOW.

Consciousness plays around the present moment towards the future:

Awareness is always NOW.

Hell: Confusion and suffering

Confused mind is hell.

Mental disturbances are demons.

Ignorance is the root of suffering.

Dispel the fog of ignorance,

and hell will turn into heaven.