The Personal, Part 1
I only met Roshi Suzuki, the Zen Master who helped found Tassajara, once, but was deeply impressed. It was a difficult drive up to Tassajara in the winter and I had an old car. [...]
Justin Stone Speaks: Track 4
Usually, I like to devote half of any lecture to a question-and-answer period. So, that I can know what the audience is thinking and what it is interested in knowing. I’m going to follow [...]
Further Exploration: A Cornucopia
The three things that are universal according to Indian Buddhism are impermanence, suffering, and delusion. When I was expressing the three universals, Roshi Sazaki stopped me and said, "Just suffering, enough. Just suffering, enough.” My [...]
The Idea of Impermanence
On my recent visit to Albuquerque I gave a talk to over 200 people on the subject The Spiritual Life (in a busy world). Many points were similar to the “merging Sense with Essence” talk [...]
Justin’s Instructional Video Streaming
Boost immunity • Increase energy • Find peace T'ai Chi Chih is an evidence-based method for finding inner peace, wellness, joy and better health. Consistent practice keeps you centered, grounded and calm in difficult [...]
Important Points on Moving Correctly in T’ai Chi Chih
For the beginning student the most important aspect is to learn how to move. It is of utmost importance that T’ai Chi Chih be practiced correctly in accordance with the principles of yin-yang so that [...]
Spiritual Stories of the East: Compassionate Nasreddin & a Pompous Scholar
Volume 1, Track 2 When another Zen master was asked, “If I do good all my life, what will my reward be,” his surprising answer was, “Oh, you'll probably go to some hovel called [...]
Teaching Tips for Teachers (also valuable for students)
The purpose of this material is to help T'ai Chi Chih teachers spot what mistakes pupils are making and to offer ideas as to how these faults might be corrected. It is absolutely essential that [...]
Justin Stone Speaks: Track 5
It is true that in meditation and in T’ai Chi practice we are building habits, and they are constructive ones. The Vasanas, the habit energies, contribute to our lives. When these habit energies, may [...]
Sound
In India the people speak of “vibration before sound,” the catalyst for the beginning of creation. This probably has the same meaning as, “In the beginning was the Word.” Almost all beliefs agree that sound [...]
The Silent Sadhu
The lengthening twilight seemed almost interminable as the old car plowed along the dismal roads east of Baroda. Indian sunsets are particularly spectacular where there is flat country and few trees or buildings to break [...]
There is Within You That Which Knows … That is Your Teacher
So why do we act as though we are ignorant? Because that inner innate wisdom – called Prajna – is covered up. The vasanas – habit energies – so cover the Prajna that it becomes [...]