“The faith comes afterwards. It’s not like we have to muster a full body of faith until we go into practice. The practice and the faith happen together.”
Recorded on June 2, 2024 at Millerton Zendo in Millerton, NY.
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“How is what it means to be human transformed, or expanded, by allowing or imagining another perspective?”
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“When you walk in the door for the first time, there is already an aspiration to free all beings from suffering. Within the beginner’s mind is the Bodhisattva vow, which for us is the heart/mind, the motivation that allows us to sit and be uncomfortable, because within the vow there is a spark of our natural wish to care for other beings.”
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The Teaching of Thus: the Avatamsaka Sutra as a Root of Zen Practice
The Teaching of Thus: the Avatamsaka Sutra as a Root of Zen Practice
The Teaching of Thus: the Avatamsaka Sutra as a Root of Zen Practice.