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Zen Gardens As A Portal To Contemplation
Author: Manjula NanavatiMay 1, 2024
“To study Zen is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be awakened by all things.” – Dogen Zenji. It is said that the founder of Buddhism in Japan, the monk Mahakashyapa, received his illumination directly from Shakyamuni t [...]
My Original Face Before My Parents Were Born: The Tryst with Koans
Author: Sukesh MotwaniJanuary 10, 2023
A Zen master asks his student, “Without thinking good or evil, in this very moment, What is your original Face? …. Show me your Original Face, the face you had before your parents were born.” “Quickly, quickly, without thinking right and wrong…” (Before the engines of thought and feeling start revving, before you’re making judgements [...]