Buddhist practice: 'On Losing Someone You Love', by John Aske wp.me/pFy3u-1gA.

How could you pierce through the barrier of the patriarchs without the greatest determination? Kusan Sunim Goodnight everyone take good care of yourself.

Ordinary Mind is Tao. Hundreds of flowers in spring, the moon in autumn. 'Zen Comments on the Mumonkan' wp.me/pFy3u-cr.

‘The Old Zen Master: Inspirations for Awakening’, by Trevor Leggett. Some of these stories contain a germ of life of their own, which, if discovered and meditated upon, can produce a spurt of inner growth. tinyurl.com/BPGOZ7 From a local bookshop with this ISBN 9780946672295

Buddhist insights: Buddhist film: The Body by Bhante Bodhidhamma. Bhante Bodhidhamma explains how the Buddha taught that awareness is the way of seeing the reality of what we are. wp.me/pFy3u-5UQ

Buddhist read: Greed has no limits and no holidays. It surges with the desire to possess even one more thing. wp.me/pFy3u-1dK Without Possession, by Beopjeong Sunim

Buddhist practice: We are all born in order to perform a certain task, from 'Self and Body Disappear', by Myoljin Sunim wp.me/pFy3u-3u.

The simplicity of the Dharma does not mean it is easy. In fact, it is the simplicity that makes it difficult. The human mind, conditioned by desire, fear, and attachment, resists the clarity of the Buddha’s teaching. Good night everyone look after yourself.

Looking for some Buddhism? I realised that only an idiot would go on a journey without a map, and an even greater idiot is one who takes a map and doesn't read it. Vital Actions by John Peaty wp.me/pFy3u-1Hk.

Buddhist insights: Both Happiness and Unhappiness are Unsatisfactory, by Ajahn Chah wp.me/pFy3u-3AU.

Morning meditation — Spontaneous wisdom. https://wp.me/pFy3u-aUU

Buddhist read: Buddhism a path of awareness. Diana St Ruth wp.me/pFy3u-1e2.

Buddhist practice: In the classical Zen of China a monk, called by the Japanese Kyogen...11 years on as he swept the courtyard, the stroke of his broom sent a stone skidding across the ground to strike the bamboo fence. CLACK! by Trevor Leggett wp.me/pFy3u-11h.

The Dharma is not about perfecting a technique or attaining a specific state of mind, but about cultivating a deeper awareness of the impermanent, unsatisfactory, and selfless nature of all things. Goodnight everyone take good care of yourself.

'Mindfulness and Wisdom' by Ajahn Sumedho wp.me/pFy3u-sB.

Buddhist practice: 'Dhamma is like this!... Dhamma is like that!' Thus have I heard: Parable of the Blind Men and an Elephant. wp.me/pFy3u-4bC.

Buddhist insights: There are results of karma, but no one receiving them... wp.me/pFy3u-1nq ‘Clinging to Self’, by Bhikkhu PA Payutto

Morning meditation — Trikaya the 3 bodies of the Buddha. https://wp.me/pFy3u-aTO

Buddhist read: The Universal Inclusiveness, by Karen Liljenberg. The self exists. There is no other... 3 min read Mantrayāna and Mahayana teachings. wp.me/pFy3u-66B.

Buddhist practice: 'Dhamma is like this!... Dhamma is like that!' Thus have I heard: Parable of the Blind Men and an Elephant. wp.me/pFy3u-4bC.

I offered you gold; it’s not my fault you preferred a pebble. (The leprechaun in the film The Luck of the Irish.) Night night everyone.

This is a fascinating Buddhist Film: 'China, Taoism, Buddhism, and its Hermits': Red Pine wp.me/pFy3u-4Gj.

Buddhist insights: Disciplinary and Other Rituals in Dunhuang Buddhism: A Review. wp.me/pFy3u-9IT.

Enquiry, too, can become a sort of slogan, as blind faith can become a slogan. One of our science pundits said... 'Instruction, observation, and experience', by Trevor Leggett wp.me/pFy3u-uo.

Morning meditation — Techniques, while helpful, can become traps. https://wp.me/pFy3u-aTL

Buddhist read: Portable Shrine with Scenes from the Life of the Buddha wp.me/pFy3u-3it.

Buddhist practice: Looking for some Buddhism? Everyday Buddhist: 'The Mind and its Weather', by John Aske wp.me/pFy3u-2IT.

Many monks who practise in meditation halls often just settle down in such places. Thus out of ten practitioners eight or nine are unable to pierce through the barrier of the patriarchs. Kusan Sunim Goodnight everyone take care of yourself.

By considering this example of the visitor, the one who comes and goes, and the innkeeper, the one who remains, I understood what the visitor signifies. wp.me/pFy3u-4Lh 'Host and Guest'. Surangama Sutra

Buddhist insights: Accumulating Good Karma is Beautiful, by Geshe Gedun Tharchin wp.me/pFy3u-3ga.

Morning Meditation — The greatest determination. https://wp.me/pFy3u-aTF

Buddhist read: 'Instruction, observation, and experience', by Trevor Leggett wp.me/pFy3u-uo.

Buddhist practice: Buddhist insights: His Holiness the Dalai Lama is interviewed by Richard Quest of CNN at his residence in Dharamsala, India on January 28th, 2006. Film around 40 minutes. wp.me/pFy3u-505.

Then the practice will naturally ripen and gradually you will enter wonderful states. If you practise in such a way for a very long time, then you will surely realise great awakening. Kusan Sunim Night night sleep tight.

There are experiences in life which we feel to be undeniably true, 'Connecting with Certainty', by Oscar Yerburgh ow.ly/BoYlq.

Buddhist insights: Buddhist meditation: 'Being Awake', by John Snelling. The truth is we live our lives in a kind of waking dream, not really understanding our­selves, or where we're going, or what it all means. wp.me/pFy3u-36N.

Buddhist Film: Everyday Buddhist: First Teaching Buddha gave after Awakening, by Ringu Tulku Rinpoche. Short Buddhist video 12mins wp.me/pFy3u-3xX.

Morning meditation: Delusion and awareness are not static forces; they are in constant motion. https://wp.me/pFy3u-aTm

Buddhist read: In Buddhism it's taught that most of what happens is result of our previous actions wp.me/pFy3u-QJ ‘Five Protections Against Sorrow’.

Buddhist practice: Five Talks on Atammayatā — the highest knowledge in this world, as described by the Thai Forest monk Ajahn Buddhadāsa. wp.me/pFy3u-aAP.

Then the practice will naturally ripen and gradually you will enter wonderful states. If you practise in such a way for a very long time, then you will surely realise great awakening. Kusan Sunim Goodnight everyone take good care of yourself.

Buddhism, by its very nature, leads practitioners towards compassion for all beings. 'Compassion without Drowning' Diana St Ruth wp.me/pFy3u-1bQ.

Buddhist insights: Everyday Buddhist: 'Dreams: The Forest of the Night', by John Aske wp.me/pFy3u-1mi.

Buddhist read: Anicca: All that arises ceases, the Buddha wp.me/sFy3u-anicca.

Buddhist practice: How often do we sacrifice our freedom and happiness for comfort and security? wp.me/pFy3u-3i0 'Regular Everything' by John Aske

Morning meditation — We see that the anger is not who we are. https://wp.me/pFy3u-aT9

Buddhist Film: Everyday Buddhist: First Teaching Buddha gave after Awakening, by Ringu Tulku Rinpoche. Short Buddhist video 12mins wp.me/pFy3u-3xX.

Buddhist practice: The spiritual life Brahma Faring in 21st-Century Mazes, by Sylvia Swain wp.me/pFy3u-1Jk We traverse pathways of many different kinds

You must just be as immovable as an incense burner before a Buddha-image and as unchanging as dried wood resting on cold ashes. Furthermore, make your intention as firm as a great mountain and your mind as vast as the ocean. Kusan Sunim Goodnight everyone look after yourself.

You must just be as immovable as an incense burner before a Buddha-image and as unchanging as dried wood resting on cold ashes. Furthermore, make your intention as firm as a great mountain and your mind as vast as the ocean. Kusan Sunim Goodnight everyone look after yourself.