I have always enjoyed sipping hot tea, but recently for me, it has taken on a whole new role: rejuvenation in a cup. It's my escape, my therapy, my form of yoga. I recently discovered that my favorite Yogi green tea has flavors. Where have I been? I'm sure they've been around for quite some time, but they are new to me and I'm in love. My favorite is definitely the pomegranate. It's just sweet enough and a perfect pick-me-up....not to mention the antioxidant benefits of green tea and... Read Full Story
A beautiful girl in the village was pregnant. Her angry parents demanded to know who was the father. At first resistant to confess, the anxious and embarrassed girl finally pointed to Hakuin, the Zen master whom everyone previously revered for living such a pure life. When the outraged parents confronted Hakuin with their daughter's accusation, he simply replied "Is that so?" When the child was born, the parents brought it to the Hakuin, who now was viewed as a pariah by the whole village... Read Full Story
"When the alarm rings early in the morning, and you get up, I think you do not feel so good. It is not easy to go and sit, and even after you arrive at the zendo and begin zazen you have to encourage yourself to sit well. These are just waves of your mind. In pure zazen there would not be any waves in your mind. While you are sitting these waves will become smaller and smaller, and your effort will change into some subtle feeling. "We say, 'Pulling out the weeds we give nourishment to the... Read Full Story
There once was a monastery that was very strict. Following a vow of silence, no one was allowed to speak at all. But there was one exception to this rule. Every ten years, the monks were permitted to speak just two words. After spending his first ten years at the monastery, one monk went to the head monk. "It has been ten years," said the head monk. "What are the two words you would like to speak?" "Bed... hard..." said the monk. "I see," replied the head monk. Ten years later, the monk... Read Full Story
By Ken Korczak
So I have been practicing Zen meditation every day for 27 years, and it has destroyed my life. Now, when I say, “destroyed my life,” that is not a bad thing, nor a good thing.
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New York - Ground Zero in New York relived on Thursday the tragic event that changed the city with the horrific terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre seven years ago. A minute of silence was held at 08:46 - the exact moment when the north tower of the centre's 110-storey twin buildings was first hit by a commercial plane hijacked by terrorists. Cloudy skies and a cold wind contributed to the sombre ceremony at Ground Zero attended by a few hundred selected government officials... Read Full Story
In Tokyo in the Meiji era there lived two prominent teachers of opposite characteristics. One, Unsho, an instructor in Shingon, kept Buddha's precepts scrupulously. He never drank intoxicants, nor did he eat after eleven o'clock in the morning. The other teacher, Tanzan, a professor of philosophy at the Imperial University, never observed the precepts. Whenever he felt like eating, he ate, and when he felt like sleeping in the daytime he slept. One day Unsho visited Tanzan, who was drinking... Read Full Story
In Tokyo in the Meiji era there lived two prominent teachers of opposite characteristics. One, Unsho, an instructor in Shingon, kept Buddha's precepts scrupulously. He never drank intoxicants, nor did he eat after eleven o'clock in the morning. The other teacher, Tanzan, a professor of philosophy at the Imperial University, never observed the precepts. Whenever he felt like eating, he ate, and when he felt like sleeping in the daytime he slept. One day Unsho visited Tanzan, who was drinking... Read Full Story
Since sky and earth are mindless, They last forever. What has mind has limits. A person who has attained The Path is like this too. In the midst of no activity, She carries out her activities, Accepting all unfavorable And favorable circumstances With a compassionate heart. - Yunmen (864-949) Aikijutsu Academy of Indianapolis Read Full Story
Since sky and earth are mindless, They last forever. What has mind has limits. A person who has attained The Path is like this too. In the midst of no activity, She carries out her activities, Accepting all unfavorable And favorable circumstances With a compassionate heart. - Yunmen (864-949) Aikijutsu Academy of Indianapolis Read Full Story
