..and after Nirvana?
Through spiritual training it is possible to move beyond all appearances.
Oneness
Breathing as one, no separation, Oneness, Peace
The 9 Breaths: Breath 7
We can choose to spend our whole life as a bewildered victim of it. Or we can become Master of it through Shiva’s techniques.
duality, Mindfulness, Oneness, True Nature
The 9 Breaths: Breath 3
……the victims not the victors of civilization’s move.
adversity, no separation, Oneness, True Nature
Temple Chronicle (Winter Training in Japan): Facing Adversity Full On!
Winter training is an annual event in Japan when Buddhists practise austerities and change their daily routines dramatically in order to awaken to new spiritual insights. This is a daily chronicle consisting of reflections on such insights.
independent flow, no separation, Oneness, True Nature
Temple Chronicle: Winter Training
Slap bang in the centre of this moment and in no place in particular, can you accept that there is nothing you have to do except be, and in your full being the flow flows without end?
Karma and Buddha Nature, Mindfulness, Oneness, sincerity, The Path to the Truth, True Nature
Chunda: the beginning of liberation for all without discrimination
Chunda Pin it 2600 years ago, under twin Sala trees among all the dignitaries and enlightened monks gathered to say farewell to the Buddha Shakyamuni, there was a deeply devoted
Breathing as one, Mindfulness, Oneness, True Nature, Visible - Invisible
Song
..the airy kiss of fingertips on strings is the perfect reflection on lips like wild geese.
ancestor veneration, Indigenous wisdom, Mindfulness, Oneness, True Nature, Visible - Invisible
Integrate into Life’s True Course
(The following will be interspersed with the indigenous voice of an Australian tribal leader.) Putting aside the man-made lenses of ‘time,’ ‘space,’ ‘race’, ‘gender,’ and ‘money,’ and so on, is
Kukai, Master Kobo, Mindfulness, no separation, Oneness, The flow of pure love energy, True Nature
The Human Papers: an extract
Monk of the World “They have always told me that the first time is the worst, so I should cultivate fear before I jump or enter the freezing torrent
attachment, Breathing as one, Mindfulness, no separation, Oneness, Reading the Air: impression of Japan, The Cathars: The Church of Love, the Permanence of sound, True Nature, Visible - Invisible
Making images : our major test as humans
This temptation to ‘identify’ with images we constantly create is our major test as humans!