Masthash

#zen

Grammargeddon Angel
3 hours ago

This pair of bracelets says almost all there is to say about me, most of the time. And yes, they read in opposite directions. I need to read the thin silver one. The beads are for other folks.
#Zen #Buddhism #NoMudNoLotus

Two bracelets on a white person's arm. One is a thin white metal band imprinted with stylized lotus flowers flanking the words NO MUD NO LOTUS. The other is a strand of alphabet beads, like kids make bracelets from. Half of it is plain black beads. The other half comprises letter beads and black spacers separating the words ZEN AS FUCK
Noxsoma
8 hours ago

TODAY'S EPISODE
Trumped Up Charges: Full Metal Ox Day 750 https://www.bitchute.com/video/5SKaijBkoN2z/
Watch the game unfold.
#Trending #wellness #noregrets #subscribe #fitness #weightloss
#daily #laboroflove #intp #zen #mind #Vagabond
Our channel continues to progress #Gratitude

Noxsoma
8 hours ago

TODAY'S EPISODE
Trumped Up Charges: Full Metal Ox Day 750 https://www.bitchute.com/video/5SKaijBkoN2z/
Watch the game unfold.
#Trending #wellness #noregrets #subscribe #fitness #weightloss
#daily #laboroflove #intp #zen #mind #Vagabond
Our channel continues to progress #Gratitude

Giri
9 hours ago

Was also ist ein wahrer Mensch?
Der Wahre Mensch des Altertums hatte nichts dagegen, zur Minderheit zu gehören; er strebte nicht nach heroischen Errungenschaften und zerbrach sich nicht den Kopf über Geschäfte. Darum hatte er nichts zu bereuen, wenn er einen Fehler machte, und bildete sich nichts darauf ein, wenn ihm etwas gelang. So konnte er die höchsten Höhen erklimmen, ohne zu zagen, ins Wasser gehen, ohne nass zu werden, und durchs Feuer gehen, ohne sich zu verbrennen. Nur wessen Wissen sich zur Höhe des Weges aufschwingen kann, der kann so sein.
Der Wahre Mensch des Altertums träumte nicht während des Schlafes und machte sich im Wachen keine Sorgen. Seine Speisen waren nicht aufwendig gewürzt, und sein Atem ging tief. Der wahre Mensch atmete von den Fersen aufwärts, während der gewöhnliche Mensch nur mit dem Brustkorb atmet. Jenen Menschen, die nicht nachgeben wollen, bleiben die Worte im Halse stecken, so als müssten sie sich erbrechen. Wer tiefsitzende Begierden hat, dessen natürliche Reserven sind gewöhnlich seicht.
Der wahre Mensch des Altertums kannte weder die Liebe zum Leben noch die Angst vor dem Tod; er freute sich nicht hervorzutreten, noch widersetzte er sich der Rückkehr. Beiläufig ging er dahin, beiläufig kam er wieder. Er vergaß nicht, was sein Ursprung war, und suchte nicht zu wissen, was sein Ende sein würde. Fröhlich nahm er an, und seiner selbst vergessend, kehrte er zurück. Das ist gemeint mit "den Weg nicht mittels des Verstandes schmälern, dem Himmel nicht mittels des Menschlichen aushelfen." Das ist es, was wir den Wahren Menschen nennen.
Darum hielt sein Geist nicht fest, sein Antlitz war unbewegt, und seine Stirn war von strahlender Offenheit. Herb wie der Herbst, mild wie der Frühling, harmonierten seine Freuden und sein Ärger mit den Jahreszeiten. Er wusste allen Dingen zu entsprechen, aber niemand kannte seine Grenzen...

Zhuangzi

#dao #tao #meditation #zen

The Zen Art Center :verified:
10 hours ago

Check out my latest Dharma Talk on YouTube!!! Discussion on the circle of life and a great Q&A at the end.
https://www.youtube.com/live/sJTwY5JpeBc?feature=share
#zen #zenmaster #buddhism #kwanseumbosal #Buddha #bodhisattva #buddhist #dharma #heart #mind

#Zen #Buddhist koans help us understand #lifeexperiences like #science helps us understand the world
https://bigthink.com/13-8/zen-buddhist-koans/

Frank
12 hours ago

The world rushes by.
The wise add nothing.

#poetry #taoism #zen #zenbuddhism #spirituality #micropoems #MicroPoetry

Rachel
13 hours ago

Welcome, Spring!
Harness the energy of the equinox to share your light to the world!
Wishing you a day full of love with positive new beginnings. 🌞💖💫🪷

#vernalequinox #spring #newbeginnings #loveandlight #zen #lupine #nature #photography #bluebonnet #mindfulness #awareness #mettamonday

Bluebonnet flower in a green field.
abitofzen 🍃 🇺🇦
13 hours ago

"If you are unable to find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?"- Dogen #zen

jaja, der weglose Weg zum torlosen Tor und so. Aber #Zazen ist noch einmal eine Ecke schwieriger, wenn Handwerker im Haus laut bohren. m( #Buddhismus #Zen

Rasta™
1 day ago

Birds have bills too, but they keep on singing....

#SilentSunday #Peaceful #Zen #Ocean #Nature #MyBackYard #Video #AltText

View over flat ocean to sunrise on opposite shore. Some colours, very peaceful, noisy, undisciplined bird.
Toot Sweet
1 day ago

I find watching the videos on this channel soothing, surprising, wonderful to watch.
Zen garden style raked sand geometries.

https://www.youtube.com/@yukikawae6549/featured

#autistic #stim #zen #peaceful #geometry #sand #figures #soothing #relaxing #zenGarden #patterns #pattern #relax #cool

Noxsoma
1 day ago

TODAY'S EPISODE
Sunday Melánge 62: Full Metal Ox Day 749 https://www.bitchute.com/video/DgrDOg7jgaz5/
They use us against us always.
#Trending #wellness #noregrets #subscribe #fitness #weightloss
#daily #laboroflove #intp #zen #mind #Vagabond
Our channel continues to progress #Gratitude

Noxsoma
1 day ago

TODAY'S EPISODE
Sunday Melánge 62: Full Metal Ox Day 749 https://www.bitchute.com/video/DgrDOg7jgaz5/
They use us against us always.
#Trending #wellness #noregrets #subscribe #fitness #weightloss
#daily #laboroflove #intp #zen #mind #Vagabond
Our channel continues to progress #Gratitude

Giri
1 day ago

Im strebsamen Lernen eignen wir uns jeden Tag etwas Neues an.
Im Streben nach dem Tao lassen wir jeden Tag etwas los.
Immer weniger wird getan, bis wir das Nicht-Tun erreicht haben.
Wenn nichts getan wird, bleibt nichts ungetan.
Die Welt wird regiert, indem wir den Dingen ihren Lauf lassen.
Sie kann nicht durch Einmischung regiert werden.

Laozi

#dao #tao #meditation #zen

My way of getting #Zen: Seeing people on #YouTube soldering stuff. StezStixFix https://www.youtube.com/@StezStixFix is currently scratching this itch for me

abitofzen 🍃 🇺🇦
1 day ago

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

Archimage
1 day ago

Nothing changes. Our perception does.

#zen #tao #life

bodhidave
1 day ago

@paprikapink

Ed's a sweetheart. And it's him that I was referring to here yesterday:

... a #Zen Buddhist teacher friend gave me the name, "Jukan Shinkō." The first name, "jukan," means "jewel insight" — because, he said, I'm smart ... and "kinda hard." 🙂

The second name, in that tradition, is one which we're understood to be growing into — in my case, shinkō, means "vast faith." 🙏

photo of Zen teacher Ed Brown smiling in front of a tree
Buddhism Now
2 days ago

#Buddhist #meditation: 'Zazen is Buddha' interview with Jōkō Shibata by Arthur Braverman http://ow.ly/iD3Kg

#Zen #Zazen #Buddha

ToddRobinson
2 days ago

@Mhappenow

Hi Michele, it can be difficult for many people to develop self-awareness when they don't even know what it is.

And those who think they know what self-awareness is usually have an incomplete picture, yet tend to tell others how important it is that they develop it.

IMHO, as a former Buddhist Monk, this is an area where Buddhism thinks it excels, but falls short of the mark.

What are your thoughts?

#meditation #mindfulness #subconscious #awareness #wisdom #peace#buddism #zen

Noxsoma
2 days ago

TODAY'S EPISODE
Wild Week Wrap Up : Full Metal Ox Day 748 https://www.bitchute.com/video/7rXIA7ZZl8zT/
And it only gets crazier.
#Trending #wellness #noregrets #subscribe #fitness #weightloss
#daily #laboroflove #intp #zen #mind #Vagabond
Our channel continues to progress #Gratitude

Noxsoma
2 days ago

TODAY'S EPISODE
Wild Week Wrap Up : Full Metal Ox Day 748 https://www.bitchute.com/video/7rXIA7ZZl8zT/
And it only gets crazier.
#Trending #wellness #noregrets #subscribe #fitness #weightloss
#daily #laboroflove #intp #zen #mind #Vagabond
Our channel continues to progress #Gratitude

bodhidave
3 days ago

P.S.

The image of "touching the earth" I feel can suggest a kind of trust and faith that's involved when we "get real" and let go of our mere ideas and personal opinions.

And I'm now reminded, a #Zen Buddhist teacher friend gave me the name, "Jukan Shinkō." The first name, "jukan," means "jewel insight" — because, he said, I'm smart ... and "kinda hard." 🙂

The second name, in that tradition, is one which we're understood to be growing into — in my case, shinkō, means "vast faith." 🙏

close up of a statue of the Buddha in the earth-touching position, seated cross-legged and reaching a hand down towards the ground
abitofzen 🍃 🇺🇦
3 days ago

"Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth" - Alan Watts #zen

Collin Donnell
3 days ago

I think I may start another podcast where I script it a bit and talk about #Zen things by myself. I’m not a priest or anything but I do think about it a lot and I’m sometimes I think things that are possibly insightful or at least have good questions.

Noxsoma
3 days ago

TODAY'S EPISODE
Break On Through : Full Metal Ox Day 747 https://www.bitchute.com/video/h1mnologW8vl/
This song got my through 2020.
#Trending #wellness #noregrets #subscribe #fitness #weightloss
#daily #laboroflove #intp #zen #mind #Vagabond
Our channel continues to progress #Gratitude

Noxsoma
3 days ago

TODAY'S EPISODE
Break On Through : Full Metal Ox Day 747 https://www.bitchute.com/video/h1mnologW8vl/
This song got my through 2020.
#Trending #wellness #noregrets #subscribe #fitness #weightloss
#daily #laboroflove #intp #zen #mind #Vagabond
Our channel continues to progress #Gratitude

As a result, I have spent MULTIPLE MINUTES during retreats silently considering the ability of the assembled practitioners to power the #monastery with our #farts and trying not to giggle as a result of these wanderings.

What a gift, my friend, to be reminded never to take ourselves or our practice too seriously.

#zen #zazen #meditation #humor #silly #inmemoriam

Collin Donnell
3 days ago

Another thing from #Zen which has been very useful to me is the idea of non-dualistic thinking, or “not one, not two.”

An example of this is that I have an individual experience of being a person, but if I zoom out only a little I’m a part of the organism known as Earth, or galaxy, or universe.

I experience individuality, but at the same time everything is sort of everything.

Collin Donnell
3 days ago

I’ve been pretty into #Zen #Buddhism for several years now, going to temples, retreats, keeping a meditation practice.

The reasons this particular religion speaks to me is that I can quantify and understand what it tells me in a way that doesn’t conflict with what I know about science, while also providing answers that science alone wouldn’t nessecarily provide me.

There isn’t anything I’ve seen which where I have to take on faith and can’t understand in concrete terms without any magic.

Archimage
3 days ago

The more you criticize, the more you judge, the less you are an individual.

#life #zen #tao

abitofzen 🍃 🇺🇦
4 days ago

"Life, according to Zen, ought to be lived as a bird flies through the air, or as a fish swims in the water" - D.T. Suzuki #zen

abitofzen 🍃 🇺🇦
4 days 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

Giri
4 days ago

Wir lassen nie vom Suchen ab, und doch, am Ende allen unsren Suchens sind wir am Ausgangspunkt zurück und werden diesen Ort zum ersten Mal erfassen.

T.S. Eliot

#dao #tao #meditation #zen

Alessandro Macilenti
4 days ago

@bodhidave My morning #zen reflection was similar. Sitting was the moment when I ceased to be unwittingly submitted to the stimulus-reaction chain and began to consciously realize that I am submitted to the stimulus-reaction chain.

abitofzen 🍃 🇺🇦
4 days ago

"We must learn to speak with Love again" - Thich Nhat Hanh #zen

One Mind Zen Collective
4 days ago

https://youtube.com/watch?v=qySWZvL6BOQ&feature=share Kevin Hae Seong Sheridan uses the old story about the water carrier to reflect on what happens between our ears when we don't quite measure up to our own standards. "Oh, I'm not a strong meditator...but she's got a really strong practice." "How can I save all beings when I can't even help myself?" All expectations are resentments waiting to happen, and as such, impediments to our awakening to our true Buddha Nature.
#zen #dharma

bodhidave
4 days ago

In tonight's #meditation there was a reminder of how getting quiet and getting still isn't about going "blank" or getting "dark" or being "frozen."

It's for me more a matter of my sense of agency and ego gets quiet.

And then ... 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑔𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑛 is what does the meditation.

It's what #Zen calls a suchness practice

And it's a bit hard to put into effective words, but it's like 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 ... 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑠𝑜𝑏𝑒𝑟.

bodhidave
4 days ago

I once gave a #Dharma talk at a #Zen center while sitting across from a bowing mat in front of the altar on the other side of the room — and the mat was 4 inches out of being centered.

During the entire talk, I wanted to get up and go "help" it.

The talk was about practices of letting things be.

🙂 🙏

René :zcash:
4 days ago

"Si piensas que tienes la respuesta a un #koan , pregúntate: me ha cambiado la vida ésta respuesta? Si no, la respuesta es incorrecta"
- Bret Davis

#ZenEnEspañol #zen

abitofzen 🍃 🇺🇦
5 days ago

"Treat every moment as your last. It is not preparation for something else" - Shunryu Suzuki #zen

Buddhism Now
5 days ago

#Buddhist read: It was at the beginning of the Tang Dynasty that #Zen first flourished in China — Peaceful #Awareness by D. T. #Suzuki http://ow.ly/caAs4

Artwork: Moktak © Marcelle Hanselaar

Alexander Gerber
5 days ago

#Lehrermangel oder #Zen-Übung?
< "Sind das Narzissen?"
> "Ja. Wieso?"
< "In der Schule beobachten wir gerade wie Narzissen wachsen."
> "Als FIlm? Im Zeitraffer?"
< "Nee. In echt."

Tom Rodebaugh
5 days ago

Something about AI stuff brings out the Buddhist in me.

One way to look at all this AI #LLM stuff is as an invitation to notice that the part of you that talks is not the whole you. It's not even all the thinking you do.

Put another way, any time you hear someone hyping the latest AI advance, you could take that as a bell calling you to mindfulness.

#Buddhism #Zen

Lita Xú Líng Kelley
5 days ago

I'm a victim of many of the abusive things mentioned in this article and the abuse I endured is why I'm no longer engaged in formal zen practice. I've also had to put up with ableism , ostracism, & the teacher's slander which hurt me greatly.

I've been deeply heartbroken by it and still have not been able to talk to anyone about it. :(

https://articles1.icsahome.com/articles/compassion-betrayed-spiritual-abuse-in-an-american-zen-center

#zen #buddhism

ToddRobinson
6 days ago

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝟮 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗡𝗼𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝗔𝘀𝗸𝘀:

1. 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣? Meditation is anything we purposely do to distract ourselves from our auto-pilot mental habits.

2. 𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙢𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠? Meditation works by replacing our current mental habits with new ones through repetition.

#meditation #mindfulness #zen #subconscious #awareness #wisdom #peace #mastodon #buddhism #transcendental #insight

abitofzen 🍃 🇺🇦
1 week ago

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

The Zen Art Center :verified:
1 week ago

Remembering my teacher Great Zen Master Chang Sik Kim January 8, 1944-March 12, 2021. Rest in Heaven Sa Bu Nim.
#zenmaster #zen #zenart #zenartist #zenpoetry #poetry #art #zenpoem #universe #stars #midjourney #zenpoet #poems #buddhism #bodhisattva #buddhist #heart #dharma #mind #cosmos #cosmic #cosmicenergy

Shim Gum Do Founding Master

Great Zen Master Won Gwang Chang Sik Kim

Sa Bu Nim jumps into the sky with the rising sun
swinging around his mirrored blade, slashing through the wind,
spinning in the air like a sparkling gem with 10,000 eyes,
reaching out with warm rays of starlight in 10,000 directions.

While the light illuminates the Mind Sword Way,
he plants the seed of enlightenment in the heart of our galaxy, 
guiding us to stay on a circular path like the planets in orbit
to create a cycle of clear action, clear thinking, and a clear mind.

We learned from him that practice, like water, is needed every day. 
It crystallizes the forms within our mind as we grow into a diamond, 

sprouting to life through our movements, blooming into a mirrored flower 
reflecting a blossoming supernova, before becoming an infinite blade of light 
that pierces a hole through the darkness of eternity, 
leaving only the hands of gravity holding the emptiness.

As the blinding light swirls like tears around the eyes of the universe,
each pupil remains holding the unseen sword of the mind,
casting the shadow of an onyx seed taking root far beyond sight.
Rasta™
1 week ago

When you see this, you never think of the mosquitoes, do you?

Jurassic size, they look like birds buzzing by the camera lens.

I'd get up at 4am for days like this.. every day in the summer

#Ocean #Sunrise #Zen #Video #MyBackYard

The sky is pink and blue across the harbour is the horizon and in between, the ocean surface is like glass and mirroring the shades above. A little nose from the shaky old cameraman
Kanariya Eishi
1 week ago

I found this in rubbish.

#zen

abitofzen 🍃 🇺🇦
1 week ago

"To study Buddhism is to study ourselves. To study ourselves is to forget ourselves" - Dogen #zen

Chris John Riley :unverified:
2 weeks ago

We are finally at one with nature… #zen

ToddRobinson
2 weeks ago

When you're agitated and don't feel you can meditate try to remember to take some slow deep cleansing breaths now and then. If you need to try taking your mind off what’s bothering you do something else that you find relaxing. If you’re overtired, make sure to set aside some time to catch up on your sleep if at all possible.

#meditation #mindfulness #subconscious #awareness #wisdom #peace #mastodon #zen #theravada #mahayana

Rasta™
2 weeks ago

Good morning @LesterHammerer
You due for some rain? Still cold here, this is from a better time. Which changes (the time) on Sunday.. Just over a week to Spring too. Can't wait.

#Sunrise #Ocean #Birds #Zen #video #AltText

A brief video at sunrise reflecting off the ocean while the sun rises on the other side and birds brighten your day.
abitofzen 🍃 🇺🇦
2 weeks ago

"The truth of Zen is what turns one's hum drum life... into one of art, full of genuine inner creativity" - D. T. Suzuki #zen

maiji
2 weeks ago

Twenty-first piece in 31 days of poetry and ink. A depiction of my brain (mind, heart...) in the midst of Buddhist practice.

More thoughts and reflection behind "Caring, Not-caring": https://www.pillowfort.social/posts/1882026
"31 days of poetry and ink" full series: https://www.humangray.com/31-days-of-poetry-and-ink/

#MastoArt #CreativeToots #poetry #illustration #ink #TraditionalArt #Buddhism #zen

Photo of a small drawing in black and red ink with a pair of brush pens resting diagonally across the top right corner of the paper. The illustration shows two little Buddhist monks with dots for eyes giving the impression of a cute blank expression. They sit on a seesaw, their robes and the plank of the seesaw in red. The handwritten text above the monks reads:
"Caring,
not-caring: Zen
teeter-totter."
Poetry and art by Maiji/Mary Huang
kall3bu
2 weeks ago

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#photo #AYearForArt #BuyIntoArt #beach #photography #nature #naturephotography #Indonesia #beach #sea #landscape #relax #zen #SpringForArt #SpringIntoArt #Kukup #WonderfulIndonesia

Three photography from the Kukup beach with wide wet sand beach and reflection on the water.
Last two show a small rock island connected by a foot bridge and a hut on it. The first shows a rock stack while red sunset.
abitofzen 🍃 🇺🇦
2 weeks ago

"Our way is to practice one step at a time, one breath at a time, with no gaining idea" - Shunryu Suzuki #zen

abitofzen 🍃 🇺🇦
2 weeks ago

"It is not impermanence that makes us suffer. What makes us suffer is wanting things to be permanent when they are not" - Thich Nhat Hanh #zen

Natalia
2 weeks ago

Just got out of the massage ... doing it again next month! I feel like I'm made of rubber! Can't wait to get home! #zen

aloha from Hamburg,

this artist' worx is #digital #dada #collage #photo #composite #art
it's about #perception and #meaning, includes #philosopy and #psychology and #esotericism plus #poetic and #absurd or #zen aspects ...

i started the public part of my artistic journey on IG [ @esotopia ] but am occasionally tired of fighting the almighty "Gods of Algorithm"

looking forward to mutual benefit ...

Moin, Moin,
TJK

#intro #newhere #neuhier #its_app_art #DigitalCollageArt #fluxus #surreal

The Zen Art Center :verified:
2 weeks ago

New logo for The Zen Art Center by Zen Master Sebastian Rizzon
#digitalartwork #digitalartist #digitalart #mind #buddhist #Buddha #buddhism #zenartist #art #zenmaster #zenart #zen

Logo for The Zen Art Center
bodhidave
3 weeks ago

A #Zen story tells of a time the #Buddha gives a talk and then suggests, "This would be a good place to build a temple."

The god Indra plants a blade of grass in the ground and says,

"The temple is built."

🙂 🙏

(𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐵𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑜𝑓 𝑆𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦, koan case 4)

screenshot of a Mastodon post by 
Yahia Lababidi
@EgyptianAphorist@Mindly.Social


Plant a seed of hope…

‘If the Final Hour comes while you have a palm shoot in your hands and it is possible to plant it before the Hour comes, you should plant it."

—Prophet Muhammad
abitofzen 🍃 🇺🇦
3 weeks ago

"The obstacle is the path" - Zen Proverb #zen

bodhidave
3 weeks ago

I came across a recording last night of a podcast I did a few years ago on 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐶𝑙𝑜𝑢𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑈𝑛𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 (~1 hour), titled "Zen and the Art of #Unknowing with Dave Collins."

I mention #Zen materials in it a few times, but it's mostly about the Cloud.

(The podcast was part of the series, "Poststructuralist Tent Revival." I'm seeing the other episodes of that series are available on Soundcloud.)

https://podtail.com/fi/podcast/poststructuralist-tent-revival/zen-and-the-art-of-unknowing-with-dave-collins-48/

abitofzen 🍃 🇺🇦
3 weeks ago

"The pure is made from the impure" - Thich Nhat Hanh #zen

abitofzen 🍃 🇺🇦
3 weeks ago

"Treat every moment as your last. It is not preparation for something else" - Shunryu Suzuki #zen

Coralie Mercier
3 weeks ago

Current status: enjoying a short moment of #zen before a beta launch at #work

Gif: Jon Hamm meditating while something is exploding in the background
Rasta™
3 weeks ago

Reality is for people who can't handle Star Trek.

#Video #Collection #Morning #Dawn #Ocean #Twilight #Clouds #Thread #GIF #Hope #Sunrise #Rural #Halifax 🇨🇦 #SilentSunday #Zen

#AltText = All the same location and image, colours may vary. Taken in Harbour, with light in the east over the dark horizon, ocean below

During a time-lapsed sunrise, a plane flies by from the right. A tree top is center, and the sun bursts through to the right of it. 
CAPTION
Second star to the right
and straight on until morning
Rasta™
3 weeks ago

Meditation is not what you Think.

#Video #Collection #Morning #Dawn #Ocean #Twilight #Clouds #Thread #GIF #Hope #Sunrise #Rural #Halifax 🇨🇦 #SilentSunday #Zen

#AltText = All the same location and image, colours may vary. Taken in Harbour, with light in the east over the dark horizon, ocean below

The sun is about to clear the horizon. The ocean in front is as smooth as glass, the reflection from the increasing bright sky is bouncing back from the surface and the only sound, is birds chirping
Jan McCartney
3 weeks ago

Adrift
for #SilentSunday

Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind in the Venetian lagoon.

#Art #Photography #Venice #Zen #Solitude

A sunny day in the Venetian lagoon with blue sky, a row of puffy clouds and below, the calm green water with gentle wavelets and a wooden post to tie up the boat.
abitofzen 🍃 🇺🇦
3 weeks ago

"Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth" - Alan Watts #zen

abitofzen 🍃 🇺🇦
3 weeks ago

"Our way to practice is one step at a time, on breath at a time" - Shunryu Suzuki #zen

Rasta™
3 weeks ago

"Life is like photography.
You need the negatives to develop."

#Sunrise #Dawn #Landscape #Morning #Birds #Peaceful #Zen #Ocean #MyBackYard #AltText

Dawn just before sunrise, the ocean is reflecting the cloud colours back onto itself. Colourful morning
abitofzen 🍃 🇺🇦
3 weeks ago

"One must be deeply aware of the impermanence of the world" - Dogen #zen

abitofzen 🍃 🇺🇦
4 weeks ago

"You should sit in meditation for twenty minutes every day - unless you're too busy. Then you should sit for an hour" - Zen proverb #zen

abitofzen 🍃 🇺🇦
1 month ago

"Life, according to Zen, ought to be lived as a bird flies through the air, or as a fish swims in the water" - D.T. Suzuki #zen

abitofzen 🍃 🇺🇦
1 month ago

"When you get there, there isn't any there there" - Zen Proverb #zen

abitofzen 🍃 🇺🇦
1 month ago

"This -the immediate, everyday, & present experience- is IT, the entire & ultimate point for the existence of a universe" - Alan Watts #zen

Adam Greenfield
1 month ago

Today in #myfavoritethings we have Stephen Mitchell’s luminous 1988 translation of the “Tao Te Ching,” available in its entirety online at the link below. Mitchell’s choices were profoundly informed by his long practice of #Zen under the Korean master Seung Sahn, and it shows in every word. Accessible, clear and modern, but never once cheaply so, his version renders all the power of the original without stumbling into Orientalist cliche. It is a stupendous achievement. https://terebess.hu/english/tao/mitchell.html

Steve Silberman
1 month ago

On this day in 1942, FDR signed Executive Order 9066, relocating 120,000 Japanese Americans to concentration camps. On this #DayofRemembrance, I honor Nyogen Senzaki, one of the first #Zen #Buddhist teachers in America, who led meditation sessions at Heart Mountain camp.

A Zen monk in robes leading a class of a dozen students.
abitofzen 🍃 🇺🇦
1 month ago

"Treat every moment as your last. It is not preparation for something else" - Shunryu Suzuki #zen

abitofzen 🍃 🇺🇦
1 month ago

"If you want peace, stop fighting. If you want peace of mind, stop fighting with your thoughts" - Peter McWilliams #zen

abitofzen 🍃 🇺🇦
1 month ago

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

abitofzen 🍃 🇺🇦
1 month ago

"Treat every moment as your last. It is not preparation for something else" - Shunryu Suzuki #zen

abitofzen 🍃 🇺🇦
1 month ago

"To study Buddhism is to study ourselves. To study ourselves is to forget ourselves" - Dogen #zen