Enseñanzas de Tokudo Jion Susan Postal
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Nada Falta
Monja-maestra y fundadora del Empty Hand Zen Center Susan Ji-on Postal Todos nosotros llegamos a la práctica de la meditación con algunos anhelos, con algún dolor, buscando algún tipo de profunda paz. Tal vez sentimos insatisfacción con nuestras vidas; tal vez esperamos poder encontrar algo con que aliviar el estrés, la tensión y las dificultades…
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Repentance, Gratitude and the Birth of Vow
Talk from Practice Period Opening Retreat Empty Hand Zen Center Susan Jion Postal 8 de spetiembre de 2013 Uchiyama Roshi once stated: “Vow gives us courage, repentance totally crushes our arrogance – it is precisely this kind of posture that constitutes an alive religious life. This morning I would like to open up our Practice…
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It is Always Body Practice
Lessons from Practicing with Chronic Illness
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Stumbling Blocks and Sticking Places
Susan Ji-on Postal On October 18 th , in an all day Workshop here, we are going to look at the spiritual journey itself by way of a wonderful roadmap – the classic Ox-herding pictures from Tung Dynasty China which depict transformation through the image of seeking, taming, riding, and forgetting the Ox. Many of…
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Some Buddha’s Birthday Gifts
Susan Jion Postal, Founder Empty Hand Zen Center Buddha’s Birthday 15 de abril de 2012 This morning I would like to let the great master Dogen set the stage for our celebration of Buddha’s Birthday. In going through the Eihei Koroku, the record of Dogen’s teachings to his disciples, we find at least nine different…
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Hakuin’s Rohatsu Exhortations
Dharma talk by Susan Jion Postal Rohatsu Week 11 de diciembre de 2011 The seventh day of our Rohatsu Week has dawned cold and clear. Since last Monday, we have been sitting here in the winter darkness by candlelight each evening, the silence only punctuated by the reading of the teachings given by Master Hakuin…
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Which Ever Way
Susan Ji-on Postal Empty Hand Zen Center 22 de mayo de 2011 This talk is inspired by a famous poem entitled Windbell:The whole body is a mouthHanging in space Not caring which way the wind blowseast, west, south or north All day long it speaksof Prajna Paramita for everyoneting-ton, ting-ton, ting-tong Windbell was written in…
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Drinking our Medicine
Susan Ji-on Postal, Sense Empty Hand Zen Center 1 de agosto de 2010 In these last months our well-being altar has been the focus of much chanting and many prayers. The gift of a lovely small statue of the Medicine Buddha now keeps photographs of Darlene and Dennis company, along with fresh garden flowers and…
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El Zen de visión clara
Susan Jion Postal 6 de febrero de 1991 Sobre el Zen por Dai-ō Kokushi, 1235-1309 Existe una realidad anterior incluso al cielo y a la tierra;De hecho, no tiene forma, y mucho menos nombre;Los ojos no pueden verla; no tiene voz que los oídos puedan detectar;Llamarla Mente o Buddha viola su naturaleza,Porque entonces se vuelve…