Zen Talk – The Path of Zen

The Path of Zen

The Zen Teachings of Bodhisattva Otomo

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Otomo April 17, 2022April 17, 2022 0 Comments buddhism, zen

Why we stop practicing

I just had an interesting talk with Bhante, that western Thailand monk guy. He said he listen to all of

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Otomo July 12, 2021July 12, 2021

Evangelical Zen

Spreading the Good News To say that Zen or Buddhism is not an Evangelical is incorrect. The Buddha taught to

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Otomo June 6, 2021June 6, 2021

Leaving Buddhism

Why do people leave Buddhism? This article explains why.

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Otomo May 16, 2021May 16, 2021 sangha

Zen Talk – Sangha

Generally, the Sangha generally means the community of Buddhist monks, nuns, novices, and laity. More specifically, it means the immediate local community that you are currently joining with.

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Otomo May 7, 2021May 6, 2021

What you find on these forums is mostly men whom perhaps read a few Buddhist and Zen books, and now assume they know everything about Zen Buddhism and what the Buddha actually taught. This is what is often termed Armchair Warriors.

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Otomo May 6, 2021May 6, 2021

Why I Don’t bow at statues

Dropping Ashes On the Buddha “somebody comes into the Zen center with a lighted cigarette, walks up to the Buddha

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Otomo April 17, 2021April 15, 2021

Secular Buddhism

At its core, secular humanism is a philosophy that is atheistic and utterly denies that there is a spiritual self (a soul), and transcendence (liberation of the soul). This philosophy uses secular morality, science, and political reasoning as a means to thrive in this manifold-phenomenal-suffering existence.

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Otomo April 16, 2021April 15, 2021 Christian Reject

Christian Rejects

When such a person comes to Buddhism, now known as ‘The Cristian Reject’, they bring with them this callus and wounded soul, and demand that Zen and Buddhism be something other that what is its: A Path to Purify the Soul.