If our ego is too small we cannot function properly. If our ego is too big it is harmful (high cliff) and we suffer from chasing indefinitely power, fame, pride, love, intelligence, recognition, pleasure, etc... The solution? Balancing the too small and the too big by walking the Middle Way. Questions?....just ask. Thoughtlessly yours. […]
The Zen tree has a trunk, 6 branches and 3 main roots. The Trunk represents the Meditation. The 6 Main branches represent the contemplation. The 3 Main roots represent the experience thru Mindfulness.
This is a text written by Tania the youngest member of our group. Imagine a world where you were happier, healthier and smarter. Mindfulness and Zen Meditation can make this happen. So today, I will be explaining about Zen Meditation and how you do it.
To have ideas and opinions and make judgments is perfectly normal and necessary when decisions have to be made every day. In fact our Western society with its education and its day-to-day life is expecting us to think all the time and to have ideas, opinions and judgments on everything. This is even more relevant […]
The Ten Oxherding Pictures which relate back to a Zen master in the Sung dynasty China (1126-1279 AD), have spiritual roots in the very early Zen Buddhist texts ~ 560 BCE . They provide useful imagery of one of our illusions – our mind cannot be controlled- must and can be negated before a seeker […]
Here are few modern synonyms for the word COMTEMPLATION: indifference, lethargy, detachment, aloofness, and emotionlessness. Not too exiting! Its etymology sounds also pretty dull: 1200, from Old French contemplation itself from Latin contemplationem (nominative contemplatio) "act of looking at” Act of looking at. No wonder why our analytic, discriminative and judgmental Western mind sees the act of […]
Teaching from Mother Nature. The little "serpent" resting at the bottom of the Grand Canyon is the Colorado River. Being just water the river knew that she was no match to bore quickly against the solid, strong and tough rock to find her way west toward the Pacific Ocean. So she took her time.... around 35 millions […]
Despite being a Zen Master I strongly believe that perfectionism is self-abuse of the highest order and yet every religion talks about perfections. What are they? How to achieve and maintain them? What will happen if you are unable to achieve them during your life? Zen Buddhism is in the same wagon than other religions […]
To discover awakening is to be awake To be awake is to study self To study self is to forget self To forget self is to see things as they are like a mirror and not as we want them to be Zen mind = Mirror mind Thanks. Ven. Ji Gong Sunim.
What is “Mini-Meditation” Formal meditation practice with a group or solo is key to Zen practice and will not be explained here again. The site www.oakvillezenmeditation.ca is full of information in this regard. What is important to realize is that practice of formal meditation is not an end by itself but just a mean or […]
