Concentration and meditation are two, but they are often linked together under the heading meditation. Concentration is intense focus on an object, often until one becomes the object and the mind is one-pointed. Zazen in [...]
Teachers and students are constantly asking me to write a book on Ultimate Truth. If I did so, they would resent the very "truth" they asked for, as it would threaten the ground of their [...]
Each time I go to Kyoto, I visit Honen-in to pay my respects to old Honen, the teacher of Shinran. Honen-in is a small Buddhist temple with beautiful grounds, located on the "Tetsugakusha na [...]
"You’ve been on the spiritual path for 40 years. What have you learned?” “I’ve learned that there is nothing to be done.” “Ah, but if you hadn’t been on the path for 40 years, you [...]
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Volume 1, Track 7 It seems to me that the great task in life is to find out who and what you are. Once that is discovered and your true nature uncovered, your troubles [...]
It is interesting to speculate about Cosmic Rhythm. Although Buddhism says all effects come from causes (there being no “first cause”), many events seem the result of cyclic, not causal, influences. The plum blossom pushes [...]
As the hands move left and the weight begins to shift forward, the hands move to cradle a ball (Figure 2) and are held that way until they reach the halfway point in the circle. [...]
Now we're going to talk about Kashmir Shaivism, which may appeal to you more than any of the six insights or Darshanas. Kashmir is located in the northern tip of India. While the founder is [...]
Karma is an important and frequently-used word, so it is important to understand what it means. In the Sanskrit language, karma means “action,” that and no more. So, when we glibly speak of “our karma,” [...]
The true aim of spiritual practice is to ultimately culture mind, breaking the associative thinking pattern that results in the creation of innumerable attachments and the making of new karmas. This is what Patanjali, sometimes [...]
Often, while staying on the second floor of a two-family house in Baroda, India, I noticed numerous monkeys watching me intently outside the window of my room. I asked my host Kaushik why this was [...]
