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geen geest

Gepubliceerdop mei 13, 2017

de wilde ganzen hebben niet de intentie om zich te laten weerspiegelen;
het water heeft geen geest om hun beeld te ontvangen.

zenrin-kushū

Uit: Zenrin-kushū [Zen-gezegden uit de Zen Wouden] een verzameling gezegden en gedichten uit confucianisme, taoïsme en ch’an [zen]. “The wild geese do not intend to cast their reflection, The water has no mind to receive their image.”
Afbeelding: Lake George [formerly Reflection Seascape], Georgia O’Keeffe, 1922.

our mindless minds

Gepubliceerdop mrt 31, 2017

“Our minds habitually love to be mindless. Because we love to be distracted our mind is very happy to be in the past or in the future. The mind finds being in the present very awkward and stays there as little time as possible. It needs to be retrained. Mindfulness helps us feel master instead of slaves of our mind, we will feel in control and we will feel better.”

Tenzin Palmo

tenzin palmo: the dharma in daily life

Gepubliceerdop mrt 31, 2017

“The dharma has to be right in the middle of our life, everything has to be seen from the viewpoint of our mind cultivation. The buddhadharma practice is not just sitting in formal meditation, reading books, going to dharma centres, it’s what we do with our mind during all our waking days, what are we doing moment to moment to moment. Either we are aware or we are not aware.”

Tenzin Palmo