Dharma Assortments
Aug 31, 2020

Dharma Assortments

A collection of articles on Dharma, Zen practice, people and other items of interest.

Here you will find a variety of articles on teachings and practice, on people and places for you to peruse.

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A Torrent from the Mountain Peak

Remembering Daiyu Myokyo Zenji
A collection of stories told by Ven. Myokyo-ni from her own life which she used to illustrate various teaching points. This article was originally published in Zen Traces, the journal of the London Zen Group in 2007, shortly after her death.

But by the Leather of One Pair of Sandals will the Earth be Covered.

Zen practitioner, Olwen Smith, tells of her own experiences of starting Zen training and what she found helpful along the way for lay practice.

The Zen Gateway Christmas Essay 2020

Resilience in Uncertain Times
Our difficult year is almost over but the uncertainty isn't. How can the Buddha's teachings fortify us to meet the challenges ahead?

Staying at Home

Co-founder Michael Haggiag discusses the mind-made qualities of 'detention' and 'opportunity' from his personal experience of incarceration.

A Year in View 2020

The Zen Gateway Review
Not everything in 2020 was grim at least not on The Zen Gateway. Take a look at what we did over the past 12 months in our regular review.

Podcast: An Extract from The Lotus Sutra

The Sutra of Innumerable Means
'Skilful Means' is a central plank of a bodhisattva's training. In this extract the Buddha makes this skill central to realisation and enlightenment.

Flag Waving: Reflections on two monks discussing a fluttering flag.

A Dharma Essay
Clear seeing arises in the absence of partiality, however this is not something that 'I' can do as 'self' is dependent upon partial seeing in the first place. This impacts on any notion that 'I' can solve the problems that 'I' make.

The Three Refuges

Dharma Assortments
Training without Refuge or teacher is not likely to carry anywhere because there is nothing to look up to and nobody to guide us and so it very soon comes down again to just my own ideas.

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Further reading

Verses from The Dhammapada 68

Pursuing goals at all costs can often leave a trail of destruction and suffering.

Verses from The Dhammapada 133

While it may feel like anger works in the short term, when left unchecked it can quickly lead to a race towards the bottom.

Verses from The Dhammapada 168

The Buddha once said, “Let a man rouse himself and follow the path of righteousness”. Without discipline and effort, the practice will never fully develop but being too rigid will break our resolve.

The Buddhas of the Ten Directions

The Way of Devotion
The interconnected nature of consciousness means that we can have a more fluid relationship with reality, even calling on it for help if we need it.