Tag: meditation
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Koushouji Temple.
Randomly stumbled into the beautiful little village of Uji this morning, and then even more randomly walked up a path that led to Koshouji temple. It turns out that this is a pretty significant Zen temple, being the first Soto Zen monastery founded by Dogen Zenji in 1233. Not too touristy. A working temple. My…
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Video: why your world is not made of STUFF.
OK, here is my favourite philosopher of mind, Bernardo Kastrup, in conversation. This is a really clear and thought-provoking discussion of the philosophical standpoint known as idealism.
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Be prepared. For the unpreparable.
So two nights ago I watched the movie House Full of Dynamite. It looked at the response (at both a human and military level) to a single nuclear missile attack on America. It was a good movie. Chilling, but good. And it got me thinking.
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The door to dokusan.
Dokusan is a Japanese word that means to go and see the teacher alone. It is an important part of zen practice together with zazen (meditation), the precepts and koan introspection. During extended periods of meditation practice (be that a single day or multiple days known as sesshin), it is usual that the teacher provides…
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