Zengetsu, a Chinese master of the T'ang dynasty, wrote the following advice for his pupils:
Living in the world yet not forming attachments to the dust of the world is the way of a true Zen student.
When witnessing the good action of another encourage
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Gessen was an artist monk. Before he would start a drawing or painting he always insisted upon being paid in advance, and his fees were high. He was known as the "Stingy Artist."
A geisha once gave him a commission for a painting. "How much can you pa
Read more…The Zen master Hakuin was praised by his neighbors as one living a pure life.
A beautiful Japanese girl whose parents owned a food store lived near him. Suddenly, without any warning, her parents discovered she was with child.
This made her parents ver
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http://www.laughteryoga.org John Cleese meets Dr Madan Kataria founder of Laughter Yoga, discovers Laughter Yoga and visits a Laughter Yoga session in an Indian jail.
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After Kakua visited the emperor he disappeared and no one knew what became of him. He was the first Japanese to study Zen in China, but since he showed nothing of it, save one note, he is not remembered for having brought Zen into his country.
Kakua
“Of Heaven and Hell”
A samurai warrior makes his way home after a long and arduous campaign against the barbarian tribes of the hinterlands. His robes are stained with the blood of enemies and allies alike, and the specter of death weighs heavy on his
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ZEN, a variety of Buddhism, now flourishes in Japan, and has infused richness into almost all of Japan's cultural life. Before it took root in Japan in the twelfth century, it had been for five hundred years one of the great philosophical-religious m
This is the same but some zen Monks have started Zen Buddhism and they are also observing the same path of Life of Pure Land Buddha
...when one accepts all the four truths of the message given by the Master....
Their Ashrams are called Zen Math....
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