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Seeing impermanence is not to face a kind of nihilism that leads to despair; it is to become yourself, as you really are, with joyful open eyes.
Seeing impermanence is not to face a kind of nihilism that leads to despair; it is to become yourself, as you really are, with joyful open eyes.
Thinking in the proper way is not to understand life through your intellect; it is to contemplate deeply how to live every day based on wisdom.
Thinking in the proper way is not to understand life through your intellect; it is to contemplate deeply how to live every day based on wisdom.
All of us experience a gap between our minds and the reality of time—that’s why we suffer.
All of us experience a gap between our minds and the reality of time—that’s why we suffer.
We want to believe in the continuity of our lives so that we can say, “Yes, I exist!”
We want to believe in the continuity of our lives so that we can say, “Yes, I exist!”
there is no way to know impermanence empirically, because impermanence
there is no way to know impermanence empirically, because impermanence
is not something you can understand with your cognition, feelings, emotions, or consciousness.
is not something you can understand with your cognition, feelings, emotions, or consciousness.
real time is completely beyond any concept of meaningless or meaningful—there’s
real time is completely beyond any concept of meaningless or meaningful—there’s
Keep your mouth shut and look directly at impermanence!
Keep your mouth shut and look directly at impermanence!
the practice of being present in the real stream of time and looking directly at life itself.
the practice of being present in the real stream of time and looking directly at life itself.
spiritual life originates from the direct observation of impermanence.
spiritual life originates from the direct observation of impermanence.
The aspect of time that connects you to others is universal truth.
The aspect of time that connects you to others is universal truth.
You are connected with all beings in time, which permeates into every inch of the cosmic universe, and space, where everyone and everything exists together in peace and harmony.
You are connected with all beings in time, which permeates into every inch of the cosmic universe, and space, where everyone and everything exists together in peace and harmony.
When you do zazen, don’t have any expectations.
When you do zazen, don’t have any expectations.
Stare at reality face-to-face, without blinking, and become yourself with open eyes. This is Buddha’s practice.
Stare at reality face-to-face, without blinking, and become yourself with open eyes. This is Buddha’s practice.
just concentrate on breathing, without thinking, “My concentration is good” or “My concentration is poor.” Whatever you feel, don’t worry about it. Please just sit.
just concentrate on breathing, without thinking, “My concentration is good” or “My concentration is poor.” Whatever you feel, don’t worry about it. Please just sit.
in Buddhism “the time has come” is known as interdependent co-origination, or conditioned origination.
in Buddhism “the time has come” is known as interdependent co-origination, or conditioned origination.
accept every moment as an opportunity presented to you to practice facing reality as it really is.
go beyond the control of your ordinary mind and turn your mind toward the transient nature of the universe.
be present in this very moment and look.
If you want to seek for something that is unattainable, first you have to tap your shell from the inside.
before your mind starts to analyze, accept everything that exists as the contents of your life. Open your eyes and see all beings vividly, as they really are, right now, right here.
The final purpose of this practice is to leave no trace of individual experience.
The only thing you can regulate and harmonize is your attitude.
three fundamental factors of impermanence: origination, extinction, and maintaining and destruction.
Maintaining means that you accept your life in a basic way.
Just live right in the middle of the flow of change,
Just be present and devote yourself to doing something.
Reflection is a characteristic of human beings, and we suffer because of it.
Moment after moment we reflect when we rebound from the pure, clear basis of existence and appear as
particular beings in the phenomenal world.
Constantly try to realize the depth of human life. Accept the fact that whatever you
do, wherever you live, under all circumstances, you have a chance to realize the truth.
Emptiness is not negative; emptiness is letting go of fixed ideas in order to go beyond them.
At the intersection of time and space, interdependent co-origination and emptiness work together and the phenomenal world appears.
