A super-best selling book called ‘The Secret’ promises wealth, health and happiness just by visualizing the same. Think positively that you will attract a bigger bank account, and the money is yours. Thoughts become things. Take a peak at this: The Secret Have a look at the upcoming movie: short version or long version Buddhism…

We be where we be … so why do we so often wish to be someplace else? Dogen Zenji wrote : Ooyoso tôjo o hanarezu, ani shugyô no kyakutô o mochiuru mono naran ya. In general, we never depart from the place where we should be: of what use, then, are the tip-toes of training?…

I hoped to spend just one more day with these words … maybe making them simpler with a parable … Master Dogen wrote in the Fukanzazengi:Furthermore, the whole body far transcends dust and dirt: who could believe in the means of sweeping and polishing? [Nishijima] Indeed, the whole body is free from dust. Who could…

In a famous old story, Shenxiu wrote that, in our practice, we must constantly clean and polish the body-mind to keep all free of dust. To that, Huineng responded that there’s never a place for dust to gather … Thus, Master Dogen wrote in the Fukanzazengi:Furthermore, the whole body far transcends dust and dirt: who…

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