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Nodes for the term “zen”
I will continue to be (Thich Nhat Hanh)
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Samsara is not a wheel — it’s a drunken party in a casino
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Types of silence you’ll find in meditation
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Two tips on understanding Zen koans
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Over 100 of my favorite “mindfulness” quotes
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The great way is not difficult ...
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The meaning of the Alanis Morissette song, Thank You (Thank U)
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The Soul Game
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Zen, the arts, patronage, Scala, and Functional Programming
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I love you. I love everyone. That’s what’s killing me.
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Well, at least I was right
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Some of Shinzen Young’s sayings in the first core lessons of the Brightmind app
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The Zen way of calligraphy ...
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Zen quotes on non-attachment and duality
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A Zen koan: Leave this room
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How wonderful is enlightenment? (Shinzen Young)
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Enlightenment is like a free fall
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Gampopa: Liberation is merely the end of error
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Quotes about work and Zen (practicing Zen at work)
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This Life, Which is Wonderful and Evanescent, by Blanche Hartman
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Laundry becomes much more interesting when ...
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Zen Speaks: Enlightenment of the wave
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Seeing everything as moving subatomic particles
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Linji ~ If you want to be free, get to know your real self
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Zen and Work: Mindfulness and compassion don’t mean “be a wimp”
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Albert Einstein, Buddhist? (The true value of a human being...)
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Albert Einstein, Zen Master?
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Alanis Morissette: “How about them transparent dangling carrots?”
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Shinzen Young’s mindfulness meditation technique for noting thoughts
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Should I buy Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha?
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The secret passion of Steve Jobs (Japanese art)
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A moth is a mapmaking creature (and Zen koans)
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Prolong not the past, invite not the future
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Treat every moment as your last
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The true practice of meditation is ...
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Talked to a doctor about diets, statins, apples, bees, Zen ...
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Free your mind (Black Elk and Shunryu Suzuki)
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Wake up! Life is transient.
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Buddha Board
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Zen Garden
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The Taoist story of the old farmer
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Do not try to experience satori
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“Everything is connected to everything else”
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Original nature, simply stated
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You have to “let go”
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Meditation leads to concentration
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Shunryu Suzuki: Keep your doors open
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The mysterious case of the cursing woman
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The Human Route
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The Middle Way
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Albert Einstein’s office on the day of his death (April 18, 1955)
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If you want to understand all the Buddhas ...
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You can’t light a lamp, there’s no oil in the house (poem)
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Lao Tzu: The world is won by those who let it go
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Not touching your face in public reminds me of trying to meditate at a Zen center
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“Let me have your view as to the reason of birth and death”
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Life - It's all connected
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Wisdom consultant
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What is the Way? (Nansen and Joshu)
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“Life is like a dream”
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Zen: As long as ego persists, we cannot see existence in its pure form
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Consciousness conceals the real nature of existence and represents it in a distorted way
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“Absolute stillness and silence, as if one had landed on the Moon”
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Do you hear the murmuring sound of the mountain stream?
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The benefits of mantra in meditation practice
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Practicing The Jhanas
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Metaphor, from Zen Master Raven
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Meditation: From Guilty -> I could do this forever
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You can’t learn to meditate in the middle of a crisis
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Trying to examine all of the reasons for the universe to exist
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On Zen and finding true sanctuary
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The farther you get away from the body, the more you know you
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Live in the moment (unless it’s unpleasant, in which case I’ll eat a cookie)
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Being Your Own Master
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Zen Foundation postcard (What is your original face?)
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Zen dog garden sculptures
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Walking along the razor’s edge of Now
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All things that appear in this world are illusion ~ Diamond Sutra
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Zen - Accepting the “just this” of a situation
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“Everything is as it is, as it must be” (Medium)
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When inside and outside become one
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Meditation practice brings our neuroses to the surface
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Photos from Korean Zen monasteries
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91-year-old meditation master Ruth Denison
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Everything is your original face
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You must concentrate upon each day
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In deep zazen our true desires are revealed
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“They are the eyes and ears of karma. And that’s the problem.”
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“Truth waits for eyes unclouded by longing”
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A fun Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson story
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Buddhism is not going to help you
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The way is not difficult. Only there must be no wanting, or not-wanting.
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To complain is your nonacceptance of what is
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None of us are getting out of here alive
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Zen is above all a matter of personal experience
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Learn to be still
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Shikantaza is Understanding Emptiness
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The only Zen you find on the tops of mountains is ...
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A favorite quote from the book, Zen Training
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How can we prevent our thoughts from wandering?
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Zen Training: The three nen actions
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There’s a pure land where everything is only mind
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Ram Dass - Pretty fierce journey
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Only open your mouth if ...
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Accepting the “just this” of a situation
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Katsuki Sekida, English teacher, Zen teacher
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Thai boys trapped in a cave were found meditating
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Zen selfie stick
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I’ve stuck with Zen because it is unflinchingly honest
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A friend once told me he had no self-confidence
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An interview with Zen Master Bon Shim
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When you’re truly living in the present moment
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The Five Gatekeepers of Speech
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David Lynch, transcendental meditation proponent
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The correct mental state for Zen and mindfulness meditation
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Your true self
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Zen koan: It would be better if you died
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A Zen Buddhist way to give thanks for a meal
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Zen: Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
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“The path is the goal”
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Zen: Enlightenment may be for just an instant
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Zen priest, Harvard researcher explains the secret to a good life
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Trying to understand where the universe comes from
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“If you understand Zen, all work is the same.”
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When people feel disconnected, their worst impulses often come out
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Seeking enlightenment? There is no door (cartoon)
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Buddha was asked, “What have you gained from meditation?”
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The Snow Man, Wallace Stevens
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True self appears when we actively practice in the present moment
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Mindfulness meditation: Be like a cat purring
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Why we keep our eyes open during zazen
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You are free to choose your own vision
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Feeling the pressure of being a Zen Master
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Sometimes when you’re a Zen Master, people just show up
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The fundamental delusions
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A few meditation notes (calming, quality)
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Bananas
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“The power of karma is strong in everyone”
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My Zen charity: The Zen Foundation
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The Lone Zen Master
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Roshi Pat Enkyo O’Hara on the 2016 U.S. Presidential election
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Mind coin (Zen)
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Sweep the leaves, but don’t hate the trees
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“There is nothing staid, nothing settled in this universe.” ~ Virginia Woolf
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Symbols and experience do not follow the same rules
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The Zen of Python
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“What the heck, I feel offended.” (Religion pushers)
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Zen funny: Losing an I
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Zen funny - Penny for your non-thoughts
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The sound of one hand
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Fukan zazengi (Zazen meditation instructions)
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Zen Foundation “bookshelf” postcard designs (before and after)
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Mark T. Morse, depicting the Zen Masters
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“You don’t have to understand here to be here”
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How we work with Zen koans, how they work on us
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“It’s all now, you see.” ~ William Faulkner, Zen
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"He was not considered a bright light"
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Yield to the present
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Distraction keeps you from enlightenment
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Bunny Buddhism
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Life - Did he ever have a head injury?
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The Zen Foundation - Help others discover Zen
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Zen Foundation “bookshelf” postcard design
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Life - You want in on this?
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Why I no longer tell people that I went to the Buddhist Geeks Conference
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Zen Foundation on Facebook
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My new business: The Zen Foundation
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Thu, July 15, 2004 (CSS Zen Garden)
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The Mystical Kabbalah
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Sat, June 29, 2002
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Colonizing North America, and Java Performance Tips (Tue, Jul 1, 2003)
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