“People like us, who believe in physics, know that the distinction between past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.”
Albert Einstein
Posts Tagged ‘Zen’
Zentao in 10 steps
Posted By Sensei on June 28th, 2010
Zentao is a practical experience.
Zentao is not a theory, a religion or a philosophy.
Here are 10 steps to put (with some effort) into a daily practice:
- respect the body and the life of every sentient being
- live naturally loving and respecting the environment to which we belong
- prevent disease constantly taking care of your body-mind rather than intervening after
- cultivate positive emotions such as love, kindness, compassion, joy, empathy, equanimity
- self-control in order to eliminate the occurrence of negative emotions as illusion, anger, desire
- focus on the present detaching your thoughts from past and future
- seek constantly balance and harmony
- meditate and accept the impermanence of things
- meditate on the illusory nature of self and on the false dualistic concept
- strive for union with the everchanging eternal present
Dino Olivieri
Posted in Practice
The Nature of Buddha
Posted By Sensei on June 9th, 2010
Bodhidarma
This Japanese scroll calligraphy of Bodhidharma reads:
直指人心
見性成佛
(from up to low, left to right)
“Zen points directly to the human mind and heart,
see into your nature and become Buddha”.
It was created by Hakuin Ekaku (1685 to 1768).
Posted in Zentao
The Past and the Future
Posted By Sensei on April 24th, 2009
“Past and Future are illusions of the mind.
Wake up and look at what is real and true.
We can live with joy this Everchanging Eternal Present.”
Dino Olivieri
Posted in Aphorisms
The Suffering
Posted By Sensei on April 21st, 2009
“We suffer not for what happens to us, but we suffer depending how we place ourselves in relation to what happens.”
Dino Olivieri
Posted in Aphorisms