The Awakened Podcast

In today's dharma talk we look into the teachings of Bodhidharma and his outline of practice.   

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In this dharma talk we are introduced to the teachings of Zen Master Shen Hui and his take on the Original Pure Mind, samadhi and prajna and the inseparability of the two.

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In this Dharma Talk we look into Huang Po's One Mind. All the Buddhas and all sentient beings are nothing but the One Mind, beside which nothing exists.  This Mind, which is without beginning, is unborn and indestructible. It is not green nor yellow, and has neither form nor appearance. It does not belong to the categories of things which exist or do not exist, nor can it be thought of in terms of new or old. It is neither long nor short, big nor small, for it transcends all limits, measures, names, traces and comparisons. It is that which you see before you—begin to reason about it, and you at once fall into error. It is like the boundless void which cannot be fathomed or measured.  

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In this dharma talk we discover Master Han Shan and how all the master's teachings throughout the ages were nothing but instruments to crush the habitual "clingings'' infecting human thought. There is no Dharma in the sense of something real or concrete in that which they have handed down to us. The so-called practice or work is merely a method for purifying the shadows of our habitual thinking and flowing thoughts.  

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In this week's dharma talk we walk through Master Han Shan's awakening experience and then take a look at the fundamental nature of mind.  For the full transcript go to: https://zenawakened.com/

In this dharma talk we discover Hui Neng's journey of awakening and his understanding of the fundamental nature of mind.

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Don't Know Mind is before thinking. Before thinking the mind is empty and clear, radiant and knowing.

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Zen is “A special transmission outside the scriptures, not founded upon words and letters. by pointing directly to one’s mind,It lets one see into one’s own true nature and thus attain buddhahood.”

In this episode we look directly at mind and follow the teachings of Bodhidharma and see into the two aspects of mind. This direct revealing is essential for Zen practice. Without it you'll be going around in circles ane be like a Buddha in search of a Buddha.

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A look into the life of the Buddha and that pinnacle moment where he gave up his insane quest for enlightenment. This is also a condensed version of the Buddhist Path.

A student is having a tough time navigating his busy life with family commitments, work obligations and personal commitments to practice. And it seems to be getting more difficult as we go into the darkest days of the year and the busiest time of year for most.

And, this is something that all of us go through right?

Our schedules have to change. The time changes. Our routines change. We need to drive differently. The drive at night is more difficult now.

It's an ever adapting practice. And the practice in general helps us become sensitive to life and how we are connected to it.

From the minute that you wake up to the minute that you go to bed, is this body spaceship, the same?

That's a good way to look at it.

You have a body spaceship.

Traveling through so called existence.

And this body spaceship isn't separate from what we call life.

And this body spaceship is prone to the external elements and the internal elements.

They're all - there's no external and internal but...

But if we see that we have this body spaceship and it's ever changing and it always needs - maintenance, it needs fuel, it needs upkeep.

You know, we can change the decals and the paint job on it right. We try to put in the good oil and everything but it leans to the left. Yeah, and this is just how it is - it’s always - it's always leaning to the left. And that's what we just work with. We just work with that, right?

And that certain times of year, especially right and this was the good thing, and probably something that, not probably, like we have gotten out of, is to be in harmony with the cycles of life.

This time of year, IS to go quiet. Is to go within. Is to go, keep it close with the home. You do less traveling less interactions because it's harder to travel, because the roads are full up with snow and the conditions have changed. So that's why people usually back in the day stored up for this time of year. Preparing for this time of year because they knew sort of in essence had to batten down the hatches.

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