Ecclesiastical Authority in Zen
I was listening to a podcast in which the speaker was explaining that the only difference between Protestant and Catholic
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My Zen Path Story Part 3: Vajrapani
PediCab Driver – 1994 After returning to the Dharma Rain Zen Center from Tassajara as a ‘failed monk’, and being
Read moreWhat is Mystical Zen Buddhism?
Dark Zen is synonymous with mystical Zen. It is the highest truth of Zen which is transmitted by means of Mind’s self-awakening. Here you are in complete unity with true nature of Mind itself. In the time span of a single thought, you complete the stages of a Bodhisattva and enter the lineage of the Buddhas, going back to the first Buddha. Without a doubt, you recognize that all phenomena are continent on Mind’s bright vivifying nature
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