Buddhism

Ananda and the Untouchable Woman

Parables
What is it we are escaping from when we get bored? Martin explores the deeper processes that are taking place that can show us the way to awakening.

Dhammapada Verse 19

Verses from the Dhammapada
How can knowledge become an obstacle to awakening?

Dhammapada Verse 280

Verses from the Dhammapada
When Zen practice becomes ‘lazy’ it doesn’t mean we need to make an effort to be more productive. How does laziness appear in the training and how can we use it as means for transformation.

'Secrets' of the Way

What is the Way?
Many 'secret' teachings are widely available to the public. If the secret is out, then what is it that remains a mystery?

Faith in the Way

What is the Way?
By practicing we develop faith in the path, but to earn that faith we must actually practice.

When the Way Becomes Clearer

What is the Way?
Sometimes the human heart can lead us on a merry goose chase. Often, it's reasons and motivations are hidden from us. Though we don’t realise it, over a period of time, it reminds us of why it is that we do what we do.

The Prison of my Opinions

What is the way?
We often ask 'what is the way' when facing difficult circumstances. Yet this 'way' can present itself to us, as long as we remain open to the situation.

The 'Way' of Living

What is the way?
A Samurai seeking the way get’s more than he bargains for when he approaches a Zen Master for advice.

What is the Way and what isn't.

What is the Way?
‘The Way’ (implying a journey) features heavily in Buddhism and goes right back to the Buddha’s own parable of the raft – a famous parable found in the Pali Canon.
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What is the Way?

We often talk of the Buddha’s Way, but the word ‘Mahayana’ (the northern Buddhist tradition) means ‘the Great Way’.
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Stories from the Life of Master Daiyu Myokyo (Myokyo-ni)

A collection of teaching stories from the life of a contemporary...
Daiyu Myokyo Zenji (1921-2007) was born in Austria, moved to the U.K. and then trained in Daitokuji monastery in Kyoto from 1960-72. She received inka from Kannun Sojun Roshi, returned to the U.K. and spent the rest of her life teaching the Zen Way. She often used anecdotes from her own life to illustrate her...

Everything Teaches Zen

Stories from the life of Zen Master Daiyu Myokyo (Myokyo-ni)
Myokyo-ni said that she had several 'Zen' teachers in her life before her formal training began in Japan. If we are open-minded then the world itself can point the way.
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Dharma Assortments

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

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.

The Importance of the Lineage in Zen Training

Dr Alan Sidi recounts a moving episode during his trip to Japan when he had insight into the power of the lineage and into the significance of that for each of us as we play a mediating role in the transmission of the Dharma.

BODHIDHARMA: Reverence - The Way to the One Heart

Oneness' requires the heart to be empty of 'I', this is why reverence is such an important spiritual sentiment. This article explains how it also acts as a gateway to the heart-wisdom of the Zen masters.

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