Bodhicitta is the Enlightened Mind, the Mind of Love. The Bodhisattva Vow is to serve all beings, to help all beings be happy and free from suffering. The Bodhisattva puts the happiness and liberation … [Read more...]
Living Awake with Peter
Zen Is Totally Ordinary and Totally Profound Zen is not about something far away. It is not about an after-life or an enlightenment that only a Buddha can attain. Zen is about your daily life. It … [Read more...]
Techniques of Zen Brush Painting
Many people have asked me to explain the techniques of Zen Brush painting. There are a few basic techniques I can share. Zen Brush painting is a very old tradition going back over a thousand years. It … [Read more...]
A Mountain Monk
A Mountain Monk When I say I am a monk, people often ask me what kind of monk. Am I a Buddhist monk? A Zen monk? Am I affiliated with a certain monastery or lineage? I suppose I … [Read more...]
Zen Circle of Enlightenment
Awakening from the dream of conceptual thinking follows a certain route and process. The Zen Circle of Enlightenment is a useful way of understanding this. This post does not cover the practices that … [Read more...]
Life and Death
Life and death cannot be separated. They're joined at the hip. When we try to separate them and celebrate life while fearing and rejecting death, we end up living an artificial imaginary life. This … [Read more...]
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