Tag: Zen mind
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“East Meets West: How 36 Views Influenced Impressionism”
Hello friends! It seems like forever since I’ve made my way on here. However, out of sight does not equal out of mind. Today I share some good news: the book, East Meets West: How 36 Views Influenced Impressionism has just been released as a paperback/Kindle e-book! What’s it about, you might ask. Well, if…
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Posture
“Enlightenment is not some good feeling or some particular state of mind. The state of mind that exists when you sit in the right posture is, itself, enlightenment.” – D.T. Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind Any book on Zen will tell you that Zen is simple. Complications arise from our own hang-ups and the nature…
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Shoshin or Beginner’s Mind: Full Receptive Awareness
An open mind is a receptive mind. “What Will Eye Choose?” by Marie Ro “It (Zen) is difficult because it is hard to keep our mind pure and our practice pure in its fundamental sense.” – D.T. Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind “An impure mind” is not a moralistic reprieve. In the context of Zen,…