An Outpost From A Complex World

I started reading Dogen after having been introduced to his work by Each Moment is the Universe by Dainin Katagiri. I was particula...

Not wind or fire - The that without constancy Expressed in action. Link to Tanahashi's website I had the pleasure...

A sutra is all the different threads of life coming together to create the present moment of "me". Another sutra is all the diff...

Eternal mirror — The caul of our birth replaced By separation. The great round mirror Neither wisdom or reason — Virtue of buddhas. The mir...

A Clear Mirror How To Manual ? ...I wish. Actually though, the  Clear Mirror How To Manual  exists -- in the form of the round mirror. ...

If the clear mirror is 'when self expands to include everyone and everything', it's a concept we can aim for but can't trul...

I've noticed that both sutras and zen writings contain a lot of exaggeration and hyperbole. The exaggeration and hyperbole sometimes hi...

"Mirror mirror on the wall Who is the fairest of them all?" So asks the Queen, Snow White's stepmother. When I first...

I'm starting this one with a joke... How many buddhas does it take to change a lightbulb? Here's at least one possible answer...

I've been wanting to tell folks about a discovery that caused a bit more of the Shobogenzo fall into place for me. I intended to write a...

The phrase 'Mind Cannot be Grasped', the title of Shobogenzo Chapters 18 and 19, is from the Diamond Sutra. An implication of the ...

Buddha mind is just connecting. Connecting with what is present. Connecting without expectation. Connecting without expectation for the mo...

The mind likes to make and tell stories. But what I've begun to sense as I've gotten further into the Shobogenzo is that the thought...

In any given moment the extent to which we are able to let go of our expectations for that moment determines our ability to access peace, c...

When I envision a 'perfectly enlightened' person I don't see them sitting, though they may spend a lot of time sitting. Instead ...

Once we get a sense of true self and emptiness, it's pretty easy to develop a preference, or even outright addiction to them. And it...

The following post is my attempt to synthesize a cohesive set of notes reflecting my understanding of the concepts self, true self, emptines...

A good friend I used to have Dharma discussions with once posed the question of whether true self is one and the same for everyone. It's...

Does the One Great Matter matter? Yes — the one great matter is the most important matter of all: The matter is the one and only matter that...

When the mind is in delusion, the Flower of Dharma turns. When the mind is in realization, we turn the Flower of Dharma. ...Without intentio...