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Lectures

Lectures and presentations on Zen and Buddhism

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Zen saving sentient beings

January 9, 2023January 9, 2023 Otomo 0 Comments buddhism, zen

The question has been asked: Can Zen cure illnesses? Master Baizhang When a Buddha appears in the world to rescue

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My own Private Religion

April 23, 2022April 19, 2022 Otomo 0 Comments buddhism, religion, zen

As a public Zen Buddhist practitioner, doing videos on YouTube and of my blog, I have an opportunity to be

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Beyond Zazen

April 19, 2022April 19, 2022 Otomo 0 Comments buddhism, zazen, zen

When is Zazen not performance art? When one has gained the heart of True Practice, that unmovable faith and belief

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Disappointing

March 4, 2022February 27, 2022 Otomo 0 Comments buddhism, zen

There is a general sadness, a feeling of regrets and disappointment that I sense from reading the various post on

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THE NATURE OF SAMSARA

February 28, 2022February 27, 2022 Laughing Cloud 0 Comments buddhism, Samsara, zen

To the casual observer, the events of life flow-on in liquid succession. To the causal observer, the events of life

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What is Zen

February 22, 2022February 22, 2022 Laughing Cloud 0 Comments buddhism, zen

Quite simply, Zen is the direct path of transcendence beyond affliction, birth, rebirth and death. In short, it’s The Way

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Why does Buddhism suffer from nihilism?

February 20, 2022 The Zennist 0 Comments buddhism, nihilism, zen

Back in 1965 when I took refuge in the Buddha, the dharma, and the sangha, there wasn’t a no-self taking refuge or merely

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Meditation or Performance Art?

February 18, 2022February 18, 2022 Otomo 3 Comments

What Zen students think meditation is, is actually Performance Art – that seated meditation looking like a Buddha Statue! That

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Life, Soul & Consciousness explained IN SIMPLE

February 8, 2022February 14, 2022 Otomo 0 Comments consciousness, life, soul
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The two paths: Theravada and Mahayana

February 4, 2022February 14, 2022 Otomo 0 Comments buddhism, Theravada, zen

It needs to be stated that there are two very distinct views and teachings within the Buddhist-sphere that being the

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