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    Train Your Mind: Don’t be frivolous Paid Member

    By Judy Lief
    58. Don’t be frivolous.To work with this slogan, it is necessary to look at how you spend your time, what you think about, and how your invest your energy. It is easy to fritter away your time in frivolous pursuits that do not lead anywhere. But living in this way is like eating junk food: it is ultimately unsatisfying. More »
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    Train Your Mind: Don’t be jealous. Paid Member

    57. Don’t be jealous.This slogan is not only about jealousy, but also about overall irritability. If your meditation practice or mind training is making you even more irritable and touchy than before, something is off. You should be less susceptible to jealousy and irritability, not more so. At times we are thin-skinned and bristle at the slightest provocation, and at other times we hide out under a thick layer of armor. But instead of bouncing between those two extremes, we can develop softness and toughness hand in hand, so that the heightened sensitivity and greater mindfulness that develop through the practice do not simply provide more reasons to be either jealous and upset or closed off and hunkered down. More »
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    Green Koans 49: Myōe Saves a Bee Paid Member

    By Clark Strand
    CASE #49:    Myōe Saves a Bee Once when Myōe was meditating in the main hall, he whispered to his attendant that a bee had just fallen into a pail of water in the washroom and would surely drown if the monk didn’t rush to save it. The attendant hurried to the far end of the monastery and was shocked to find a bee there struggling for its life, just as Myōe had said. More »
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    Train Your Mind: Don’t wallow in self-pity Paid Member

    By Judy Lief
    56. Don’t wallow in self-pity.When your practice is not going well, or you feel it is too hard, you may begin to regret undertaking it in the first place. It is easy to start to feel sorry for yourself. The anti-lojong slogan, “Ignorance is bliss,” begins to sound pretty appealing. You think, why not just live a “normal life” and forget about all this? Why take on this extra burden of mind training and the cultivation of loving-kindness? More »
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    Green Koans 47: Rikyū’s “Only This” Paid Member

    By Clark Strand
    CASE #47:    Rikyū’s “Only This” More »