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Spiritual awakening is the difficult process whereby the increasing realization that everything is as wrong as it can be flips suddenly into the realization that everything is as right as it can be.

― Alan Watts — ”


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Ordinary Mind is the Way
The Chan Master Wumen Huikai (1183-1260) once wrote an ode in praise of the concept of “Ordinary Mind” in his work The Gateless Gate: “Spring has i...

Zen in Tea
Since ancient times, tea has been closely connected with Zen. Many Buddhist temples run meditation classes as a routine, and since it is a taboo for m...

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Cultivating Views on Impermanence
Written by: Venerable Guan Cheng Edited and revised by: Venerable Hong Ci   Impermanence, or anitya in Sanskrit, is a universal truth. In ...

The Six-syllable Brilliant Mantra
Many Buddhists, Tantric or otherwise, routinely chant Om Mani Padme Hum, the Six-syllable Brilliant Mantra in Sanskrit. The Chinese transliteration of...

Karma: Part II
We learned from the last article that karma is not a deterministic law that the Hindus and Jains had advocated, but more like the continuous adding an...

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