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    Green Koans Case 41: The Meaning of Suffering Paid Member

    By Clark Strand
    CASE #41:    The Meaning of SufferingShakyamuni asked, “What is wisdom?” and when no one could answer, added: “It is the ability to perfectly understand and patiently accept the truth of suffering.”BACKGROUND:Perfectly understand        To understand a thing holistically, from beginning to end, rather than merely in terms of its parts—the latter constituting only knowledge.Patiently accept    To accept without reservation—that is, without any attempt to alter the reality of a given phenomenon.The meaning of suffering        Refers to the foundational teaching of Buddhism—the Four Noble Truths: More »
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    Green Koans Case 40: The Gift of Rice Paid Member

    By Clark Strand
    CASE #40:    The Gift of Rice In a letter to a follower, Nichiren Daishonin wrote: More »
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    Train Your Mind: Train without bias in all areas. It is crucial always to do this pervasively and wholeheartedly. Paid Member

    By Judy Lief
    48. Train without bias in all areas. It is crucial always to do this pervasively and wholeheartedly. The previous slogan was about including all aspects of yourself in your lojong practice: your body, your speech, and your mind. This slogan expands upon that to include all aspects of your experience altogether. Lojong practice has two components:  meditation practice, which includes formless practice and tonglen, and postmeditation, which means working with the lojong slogans in everyday life. Meditation is done alone, and slogan practice takes place in our interactions with others.  More »
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    Green Koans Case 39: The Great Natural Way Paid Member

    By Clark Strand
    CASE #39:    The Great Natural Way Masanobu Fukuoka once wrote: “The more the farmer increases the scale of his operation, the more his body and spirit are dissipated and the further he falls away from a spiritually satisfying life. A life of small-scale farming may appear to be primitive, but in living such a life, it becomes possible to contemplate the Great Way.” BACKGROUND: More »
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    Green Koans Case 38: Ajaan Lee Refuses to Bow Paid Member

    By Clark Strand
    Case 38: Ajaan Lee Refuses to Bow     Phra Ajaan Lee once passed the rainy season among the remote hill tribes of central Thailand. One night when he was feeling ill, he dozed off for a moment. A woman dressed in white appeared, followed by two girls and carrying a white flag covered with Chinese characters.    “I am the queen of the deities,” she told Ajaan Lee. “If you live here, you have to bow down to me.”    “I wasn't willing to bow down, seeing as I was a monk,” Ajaan Lee wrote later. “Still, she insisted. We had a long argument, but I stood firm. Finally she left the hut, climbed the hill and disappeared. I meditated in comfort for the rest of the night.”BACKGROUND: More »
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    Green Koans Case 37: Myoe's Letter to Japan Paid Member

    By Clark Strand
    CASE #37:    Myōe’s Letter to Japan The monk Myōe wrote a letter to the Island of Japan: More »