Tag Archives: buddhism

Open your heart and love

Posted on April 17, 2021 by lolkin
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Silent illumination – the meditation month challenge with Tricycle.

Posted on April 10, 2021 by lolkin

At the moment I am working through the Tricycle Meditation Month as a 30-day meditation challenge. I am working through 4 stages of the silent illumination practice as taught by Chan Buddhist teacher Guo Gu. The links for each week … Continue reading →

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Emptiness as freedom. The Void by Alan Watts.

Posted on April 3, 2021 by lolkin
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Emptiness Survival Kit. Part 4: Change The Lens. Day 40: Trust The Dharma.

Posted on February 10, 2021 by lolkin

Trust the dharma.  — Ram Dass 

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Emptiness Survival Kit. Part 3: Fill The Emptiness. Day 28: Emptiness Is Not A State But A Way.

Posted on January 29, 2021 by lolkin

Contingency is emptiness Which, contingently configured, Is the middle way. — Nagarjuna “Emptiness is not a state but a way. Not only is it inseparable from the world of contingencies, it too is “contingently configured.” To experience emptiness is not … Continue reading →

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Emptiness Survival Kit. Part 3: Fill The Emptiness. Day 27: Samadhi — Enlightenment, Bliss, Emptiness.

Posted on January 28, 2021 by lolkin

Samadhi – eternal bliss, the union with God, enLIGHTenment, ultimate destination of any spiritual seeker… yet something that is unattainable if we strive for it. This beautiful, thought provoking, perspective shifting documentary by Daniel Schmidt is dedicated to one of the … Continue reading →

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Emptiness Survival Kit. Part 2: Shed, Empty, Let Go. Day 12: Nothing will be left undone.

Posted on January 13, 2021 by lolkin

Source: Tao Te Ching

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Reblog — Meditation by Anthony Garner

Posted on November 8, 2020 by lolkin

A fellow blogger Anthony Garner has recently plugged into the Universal Spirit and floated there blissfully ever since writing down his prayer like meditations on life and purpose. This post of his reads like a meditation and recharges with light. … Continue reading →

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“Losing is satori. Winning is illusion.” — Kodo Sawaki Roshi

Posted on October 10, 2020 by lolkin

Western values based culture teaches us that winning, climbing the ladder, reaching the peak is the ultimate goal. “The winner takes it all”. Losers are pitied and no one wants to be one. At the same time those who actually reach … Continue reading →

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Be serene in the oneness of things

Posted on September 19, 2020 by lolkin

I heard many times about the Third Chinese Patriarch and his (although it is being debated whether he is the author) poem that sums up the teachings of Buddhism. I finally decided to investigate who he was and what this … Continue reading →

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