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I just received this report (unconfirmed) through the grapevine of Zen teachers. Photos can be seen below. Since phones and internet are cut off to Burma, it may be assumed that events like this are widespread … The incident happened at 12:30 am midnight when the military raided the monastery … We sit with our…

.The following are from the Metta Sutta (The Discourse on Loving Kindness), as published by the Ministry of Religious Affairs of Burma: May all beings be always well and happy; May they be free from danger and enmity; May they live peacefully * * * May all human beings be free from deceiving one another…

. In Dogen-speak … wholehearted Practice is realization … … each moment of Practice is purely what it is … … Zazen is enlightenment itself. Therefore, we do not discuss intelligence as superior and stupidity as inferior. Let us not choose between clever persons and dull ones. If we make effort devotedly, that is just…

. The classical pianist, Arthur Rubinstein, was once approached on a New York street near the grand concert hall, Carnegie Hall, and asked, “Pardon me sir, but how do I get to Carnegie Hall?“ Rubinstein replied, “Practice, practice, practice.“ Therefore, we do not discuss intelligence as superior and stupidity as inferior. Let us not choose…
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