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abitofzen 🍂 🇺🇦
4 hours ago

"The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention" - Thich Nhat Hanh #zen

abitofzen 🍂 🇺🇦
11 hours ago

"The only Zen you find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there" - Robert M. Pirsig #zen

J3A+ Abstracts
13 hours ago

More organized pixels from J3A+ Abstracts.

From the DIVID title. Available online and through local booksellers.

https://a.co/d/d4pkQLN

#timelapse #therapeutic #abstractartwork #relaxingvideos #digitalart #artlovers #contemporary #calm #giftsonabudget #shopsmall #zen #mastoart #mastoartist

📸My Christmas cactus is bursting with festive color🌺! May its cheerful blooms bring you a smile. 🙂

#Flowers #beauty #photography #books #smile #PositiveVibes #Zen

Zen Every Day ◯
23 hours ago

"If the body is strong and the mind is weak, the body kills mind. And you become insane. If the mind is strong and the body weak, then mind kills the body. And you commit suicide."

– Taisen Deshimaru

Daily #Zen #Buddhism #Deshimaru #TaisenDeshimaru

abitofzen 🍂 🇺🇦
1 day ago

"The past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is" - Alan Watts #zen

abitofzen 🍂 🇺🇦
2 days ago

"To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself" - Thich Nhat Hanh #zen

Zen Every Day ◯
2 days ago

"The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass."

– Dōgen

Daily #Zen #Buddhism #Dogen

Zen Every Day ◯
3 days ago

"Zen is beyond this: there is no man, no woman. During #Zazen, no female, no male. No masculine, no feminine. The sexual organs are not at all important. Women in #Zazen are better off-they don’t have testicles which get in their way."

– Taisen Deshimaru

Daily #Zen #Buddhism #Deshimaru #TaisenDeshimaru

XiongShui
4 days ago

#Zen

Wer macht den Ton
Die Glocke oder der Klöppel?
Da - hörst Du das Klatschen der einen Hand?

#Haiku
#Haikumittwoch

Zen Every Day ◯
4 days ago

"The true purpose (of Zen) is to see things as they are, to observe things as they are, and to let everything go as it goes."

– Dōgen

Daily #Zen #Buddhism #Dogen

EZ Lorenz Imagery 📸
4 days ago

Before the sunrise on the last morning of October, fog rolled in and began dancing, lingering in the trees, above my neck of the woods, creating a dreamy, painterly scenery.

Available: https://pixels.com/featured/fog-dances-above-a-bellevue-wa-neighborhood-ez-lorenz-imagery.html
(low res display)

#Fog #Trees #Photography #Prints #Gifts #FediGiftShop #Mastoart #WallArt #Washington #PNW #landscape #Zen #Puzzle

Fog rolling in and lingering in the trees before sunrise as viewed from above, from my rooftop. There’re mostly evergreen trees and some red and yellow ones among them, signaling Autumn. Some red brick townhouses on the bottom of the frame and other houses scattered around between the trees. The image has a dreamy, painterly look, taken in Bellevue, Washington.
Zen Every Day ◯
5 days ago

"All that is great cannot be possessed – and that is one of the most foolish things man goes on doing. We want to possess."

– Osho

Daily #Zen #Buddhism #Osho

Zen Every Day ◯
6 days ago

"To study the #Buddha Way is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be actualized by myriad things. When actualized by myriad things, your body and mind as well as the bodies and minds of others drop away. No trace of enlightenment remains, and this no-trace continues endlessly."

– Dōgen

Daily #Zen #Buddhism #Dogen

Ian
6 days ago

https://www.essentiafoundation.org/self-cultivation-individuation-and-the-mind-body-problem/reading/

“If the fundamental layer of reality is understood to dissolve the seeming metaphysical differences between mind and matter, psyche and soul, then bodily practice becomes a direct means for psychological and spiritual development. “

#zen #meditation #psychology

Zen Every Day ◯
1 week ago

"The longness and shortness of the present moment can be recognized by utilizing a big image of the moon, which is reflecting on the surface of the ocean, and a small image of the moon on the surface of a cup of water, or in another example the very wide scale of the whole sky itself, and the very narrow space of the moon, which is shining in the sky."

– Dōgen

Daily #Zen #Buddhism #Dogen

abitofzen 🍂 🇺🇦
1 week ago

"Do not insist upon your own fixed ideas. If your mind is broad it can easily embrace the entire world" - Zen Master Daehaeng #zen

LaPipenbrinck :antifa:
1 week ago

jetzt mit Bild: Ichhabe für meinen Froschfisch (tradidtionelles japanisches Perkussionsinstrument im Zen) jetzt ein passendes Kissen genäht. Ist nicht traditionell rund, sondern hat die Form eines Biscornus. Verbessert den Klang, spart irres Geld und sieht doch ganz gut aus. :)
#mokugyo #zen #sewing #nähen #Kissen @sewing

A mokugyo (traditional Japanese wooden percussion instrument) sitting on a bright blue silken pillow in the shape of a biscornu. it's round, domed and has on the lower end the shape of two fishes kissing.
Zen Every Day ◯
1 week ago

"A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but if he is peaceful, loving and fearless then he is in truth called wise."

– Gautama Buddha

Daily #Zen #Buddhism #Buddha #GautamaBuddha

Zen Every Day ◯
1 week ago

"Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship."

– Gautama Buddha

Daily #Zen #Buddhism #Buddha #GautamaBuddha

Your Autistic Life
1 week ago
Neurodivergence And Spirituality

Is it possible that neurodivergent people experience spirituality differently than neurotypical folks?
Jencel Panic
1 week ago

The things you fear will happen had already happening (else there would be no way to fear them). The only way to stop them from happening is to stop fearing them #zen

Zen Every Day ◯
1 week ago

"When walking, walk. When eating, eat."

– A Zen proverb

Daily #Zen #Buddhism #proverb #Aproverb

IonAnthos Photography
2 weeks ago

"Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise." - Victor Hugo

Yet in winter, darkness is a gift. It lets us slow down - rest more, sleep more, spend more time being still and quiet. Wonderful time we can enjoy and celebrate the darkness.

The print of a tulip in b&w can be purchased here: https://bit.ly/45G44eG

#ArtDistrict #artwork #ArtBooster #photography #BlackAndWhite #monochrome #GiftIdea #FediArt #BuyIntoArt #TheGiftOfArt #GiftthemArt #Tulip #darkness #zen #mindfulness

Black and white photography of a tulip.
abitofzen 🍂 🇺🇦
2 weeks ago

"Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone" - Alan Wilson Watts #zen

Zen Every Day ◯
2 weeks ago

"No one is ever more him/herself than when they really laugh. Their defenses are down. It’s very Zen-like, that moment."

– George Carlin

Daily #Zen #Buddhism #Carlin #GeorgeCarlin

Your Autistic Life
2 weeks ago

In meditation today we had an interesting talk.

The lady who was talking told us about a heart-wrenching story. I cannot go into details because I'd have to put my post behind a CW.

In the story there was a man, who by his behavior was demonstrating that he was not allowing himself to feel his feelings. He was closed off.

The lady who told us the story told us that she found something to say that would make him open up. It worked. He then felt the grief that he was trying not to feel. This lady *deliberately* exposed herself to this man's emotions.

I don't recall the exact words she used, but her method seemed a bit more active than just listening. Maybe if I were faced with someone in this situation I'd also try to find a turn of phrase to make him open up.

My advice right now is to just listen to someone who is grieving or in a shitty mood. Sometimes, however, one more step may be necessary to get the person you're trying to help to open up to their own feelings.

Do note that she was not trying to bury his feelings or telling him to find silver linings.

#Zen #meditation #ZenMeditation #grief #feelings

Jane Lago
2 weeks ago

A Rare Appearance for ‘Six Persimmons,’ a 13th-Century Masterpiece

An 800-year-old ink painting, regarded as the “Zen Mona Lisa,” has made a once-in-a-lifetime trip to the United States.
#Art #Zen
(gift link)
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/21/arts/design/six-persimmons-zen-paintings-san-francisco.html?unlocked_article_code=1.B00.w3XB.tK-3c9LlQRxD&smid=url-share

Six persimmons of various shades sit against a white background.
Zen Every Day ◯
2 weeks ago

"Give a bowl of rice to a man and you will feed him for a day. Teach him how to grow his own rice and you will save his life."

– Not (!) Confucius (pls see discussion in the comments below)

Daily #Zen #Buddhism

Zen Every Day ◯
2 weeks ago

"During #Zazen, brain and consciousness become pure. It’s exactly like muddy water left to stand in a glass. Little by little, the sediment sinks to the bottom and the water becomes pure."

– Taisen Deshimaru

Daily #Zen #Buddhism #Deshimaru #TaisenDeshimaru

Antonio Páez
2 weeks ago

Seeds of the lotus
In every which direction
Playfully jumping.

Donsui
(d. 1729)
#deathPoems #micropoetry #life #death #mementoMori #calligraphy #zen #lotus #shodo #書道 # #俳句

Digital ink calligraphy of “hasu”, lotus, in black ink with a white background
Your Autistic Life
2 weeks ago

During the last talk yesterday, my teacher told us about another Zen Master. He was telling us about living your life authentically. He was using the other Zen Master as an example of how someone who has attained status can live authentically without letting status go to his head. He was describing his behavior.

Guess what?

That other Zen Master sounded #ActuallyAutistic. I don't wish to go into details, but the man was extremely shy, for one thing. There were other traits than shyness, however. I thought "autistic" but other neurodivergences are possible.

#neurodivergence #autistic #ZenMaster #Zen #ZenBuddhism

Zen Every Day ◯
2 weeks ago

"The time of our delusion does not obstruct the time of our realization. Our practice is not in order to attain realization. Practice itself is the actualization of realization."

– Dōgen

Daily #Zen #Buddhism #Dogen

Zen Every Day ◯
2 weeks ago

"Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves – slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future."

– Thich Thien-An

Daily #Zen #Buddhism #Thien-An #ThichThien-An

Zen Every Day ◯
2 weeks ago

"Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes, and the grass grows by itself."

– A Zen proverb

Daily #Zen #Buddhism #proverb #Aproverb

Recent reflections on my Buddhist history reminded me of something I heard from a leader at the Anchorage Zen Community, Judith I think her name was, this is 20+ years ago- (Zen) Buddhism can be summed up in these 3 statements: 1. Everything is connected 2. Everything changes 3. Pay attention. I think this could be my “credo” #Buddhism #Zen

Zen Every Day ◯
2 weeks ago

"Your search among books, word upon word, may lead you to the depths of knowledge, but it is not the way to receive the reflection of your true self."

– Dōgen

Daily #Zen #Buddhism #Dogen

abitofzen 🍂 🇺🇦
3 weeks ago

"Sometimes I sit and think and other times I just sit" - Satchel Paige #zen

Zen Every Day ◯
3 weeks ago

"Do not be concerned with the faults of other persons. Do not see others' faults with a hateful mind. There is an old saying that if you stop seeing others' faults, then naturally seniors and venerated and juniors are revered. Do not imitate others' faults; just cultivate virtue. #Buddha prohibited unwholesome actions, but did not tell us to hate those who practice unwholesome actions."

– Dōgen

Daily #Zen #Buddhism #Dogen

Zen Every Day ◯
3 weeks ago

"If you use your mind to study reality, you won't understand either your mind or reality. If you study reality without using your mind, you'll understand both.
"

– Bodhidharma

Daily #Zen #Buddhism #Bodhidharma

abitofzen 🍂 🇺🇦
3 weeks ago

"The bird of paradise lands only on the hand that does not grasp" - Roshi So #zen

Drew
3 weeks ago

Most of the things we treasure are moments so intimate they defy any kind of rationality.

"Think of all the fun we had even when the jokes were bad."

there is an intimacy to the absurdity of our place in the universe.

We all can comprehend so much of the details of the universe yet still feel naked when confronted with a sincere gaze.

if life is cringe so must our love for living be, I hope love perseveres... if only because there is too much hate.

#Zen #Chan #tao

Zen Every Day ◯
3 weeks ago

"Beings, things, and events do not exist in time: being, things, and events are times."

– Dōgen

Daily #Zen #Buddhism #Dogen

I've just followed a bunch of meditation-y hashtags.

You've been warned.

It's an antidote of sorts to the constant "I am right and anyone not agreeing with me 100% is a horrible excuse for a human" flavor of social media, which unfortunately seems to have infiltrated Mastodon too.

💐🧸 🎯

#meditation #buddhism #zen #poetry

Zen Every Day ◯
3 weeks ago

"'In a mind clear as still water, even the waves, breaking, are reflecting its light."

– Dōgen

Daily #Zen #Buddhism #Dogen

Zen Every Day ◯
3 weeks ago

"People get stuck a lot because they're afraid to act; in the worst case,...we get so attached to some end result that we can't function. We need help just to move on, only life doesn't wait."

– Bernie Glassman

Daily #Zen #Buddhism #Glassman #BernieGlassman

abitofzen 🍂 🇺🇦
3 weeks ago

"Many people think excitement is happiness. When you are excited you are not peaceful. True happiness is based on peace" - Thich Nhat Hanh #zen

Zen Every Day ◯
3 weeks ago

"When both body and mind are at peace, all things appear as they are: perfect, complete, lacking nothing."

– Dōgen

Daily #Zen #Buddhism #Dogen

Drew
4 weeks ago

Today I hope to read a healthy chunk of of awakened cosmos but wanted to share the other volume. Mostly because I have enjoyed it so far.

#zen #tao #chan #poetry #books #BookStadons #BookStadon

A photo of the four chinese classics translated by david Hinton and awakened cosmos a commentary on chinese poetry and chan buddhism specifically the writing of tu fu it was also written by david Hinton
Antonio Páez
4 weeks ago

I long for people—
then again I loathe them:
end of autumn.

Chogo (d. 1806)

Chogo was, in at least one aspect, my soulmate.

#haiku #micropoetry #deathPoems #life #death #zen #autumn

Calligraphy of kanji “aki”, autumn”, drawn in black ink on white paper.
Drew
4 weeks ago

There is a yin and yang quality to truth... most of which is contradictory but equally true. Posossibly most of all this very statement.

#zen #chan #tao #pilosophy

Drew
4 weeks ago

"the point of these stories is so obvious its difficult to see... If I explain a joke, I deprive you of the laugh."

#Zen #Wisdom #Chan #philosophy

this link leads to youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-Mav6EKxOc

Camellia Tea Ceremony
4 weeks ago

Borrowed scenery (借景 'shakkei') gardens make use of background features and external landscapes as creative elements.

Many shakkei gardens in Kyōto have been lost over time due to urban development, or even re-landscaping (as may be the case with Ryōan-ji's famous Zen garden!).

#Kyoto #京都 #Japan #shakkei #borrowedscenery #zengarden #zen

Shoden-ji, like Entsu-ji, uses Mt Hiei as borrowed scenery.
The garden at Murin-an, with Higashiyama as backdrop. The garden narrows as it stretches from the house, cleverly drawing the mountains in to the garden.
There is some suggestion that originally Ryoan-ji's famous garden used borrowed scenery. The current vegetation (and wall) was absent, giving a view of the pond and distant mountains.
The garden at Heian Jingu.
Your Autistic Life
1 month ago

I watched this one while high, and I managed to touch the infinite for a moment. Don't ask me how I did it... I mean other than being high, and having over a couple of decades of Zen meditation under my belt.

Heaven Up There by Palace:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cS_i-zDdxg

#high #infinite #music #MusicVideo #ZenMeditation #Zen #ZenBuddhism #HeavenUpThere #Palace

I don't do purple hair, but a purple vintage trench coat? Now THAT I can rock. I got quite a few smiles just walking on my way for a coffee now

I mean - there's no one way, no normative way to be trans, one is just oneself? Perhaps we can see transition less as a railroad journey with optional stops on the way and a blahaj, and more as a chance to spread your wings and soar above. And I DO mean 'soar' - there's a truly different and deeper perspective to be found from it. It takes time but I hope you'll feel the wind in your feathers too 🕊️

Contemplatively rubs estrogel and sips her ☕

#Zen #Trans #Transjoy #TransatFifty #TransVisibility #Transgender #Selfie

cw: selfie, direct eye contact

A floofy brunette trans woman in a black low cut top and a purple trench coat
A floofy trans woman in black gazes directly at you. Her chin is cradled by one hand, with a stack of gold and silver bangles entwined on that arn
Tim
1 month ago

without using memory,
are you?

#SmallPoems #Poetry #MicroFiction #MastoPrompt #Zen

Rusty Ring
1 month ago
Q.
1 month ago
Woodblock print of the Buddhist nun Chiyono by Yoshitoshi (1839-1892)
Antonio Páez
1 month ago

Now spring has come
into my world:
farewell!

Bainen (d. 1905)

#haiku #micropoetry #deathPoems #life #death #zen #spring

Calligraphy of kanji “haru”, spring, drawn in black ink on white paper
Drew
1 month ago

"What needs to remain... for one to be themselves?" - Yoko Taro

#quote #QuoteOfTheDay #zen