Diane Rizzetto is the Abbess and Guiding Teacher of the Bay Zen Center, Oakland California.
She is a dharma heir of Charlotte Joko Beck.
In her recent instructional book, Waking Up To What You Do, Diane wakes us up and inspires us with "a sink full of teaching."
Affirming the Practice Principles of the Ordinary Mind Zen School, Diane starts her talk with them:
Caught in a dream of self--only suffering.
Holding to self-centered thoughts--exactly the dream.
Each moment, life as it is--the only Teacher.
Being just this moment--compassion's way.
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There is a small place near here of a family living the Simple Life. Taking the practice to heart, they have, since September 2009, provided a local C-U community food pantry with a weekly supply of their home produced, free range, organic eggs from their small flock of 40 birds to anyone in the community who goes to the food pantry-- to the tune of 700 dozen eggs so far and counting! That's over seven thousand eggs, wow.
There are many things we can all do, both great and small, in our own communities. Join in for the benefit of all, for the Dharma it brings. It all starts with a smile.
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This site does not engage in "New Age" or other Spiritualities that fall outside of what are often considered the great religions of the world: Buddhism, Islam, Christianity, Hinduism and Judaism.
Yep, that's still a whole lot of territory to cover. I restrict comments to these because they encompass most of all belief systems, both theistic and non-theistic. So you aren't going to find a lot of sentient beings or other such terms here. Just everyday simple talk.
Affirming the Practice Principles of the Ordinary Mind Zen School:
Caught in a dream of self--only suffering.
Holding to self-centered thoughts--exactly the dream.
Each moment, life as it is--the only Teacher.
Being just this moment--compassion's way.
Some writers and persons bandy about terms such as sentient being or transformation, and while these words have specific connotations within different spiritual traditions, they can be as much of a hindrance as a help in coming to understand ourselves, the world and the path, or the way in which we find ourselves.
I emphasize that the Simple Mind is a mind that values experience and recognizes the utility of words; but words are limited. Not all experiences can be easily reflected in words. Do not lose sight of experiences as the simple way of a Simple Mind.
Yep, that's still a whole lot of territory to cover. I restrict comments to these because they encompass most of all belief systems, both theistic and non-theistic. So you aren't going to find a lot of sentient beings or other such terms here. Just everyday simple talk.
Affirming the Practice Principles of the Ordinary Mind Zen School:
Caught in a dream of self--only suffering.
Holding to self-centered thoughts--exactly the dream.
Each moment, life as it is--the only Teacher.
Being just this moment--compassion's way.
Some writers and persons bandy about terms such as sentient being or transformation, and while these words have specific connotations within different spiritual traditions, they can be as much of a hindrance as a help in coming to understand ourselves, the world and the path, or the way in which we find ourselves.
I emphasize that the Simple Mind is a mind that values experience and recognizes the utility of words; but words are limited. Not all experiences can be easily reflected in words. Do not lose sight of experiences as the simple way of a Simple Mind.
On the Bookshelf
- Anguttara Nikaya Sutras/various translators/editors
- Animal and Shaman/Baldick
- At Home in the Muddy Water/E. Bayda
- Augustine of Hippo--Free Choice of the Will/translated-T. Williams
- Bassui:Mud & Water/edited by A. Braverman
- Being Zen: Bringing Meditation to Life/E. Bayda, C. Beck
- Bold Love/D Allender, T. Longman
- Can Survive/S. Nessim
- Collected Poems of Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Collected Poems/S. Aurobindo
- Come Follow Me/A. Gittens
- Crossing the Threshold of Hope/John Paul II
- Cultivating the Mind of Love/T.N. Hanh
- Does God Exist?/H.Kung
- Epistle to the Romans/ K. Barth
- Esalen/J. J. Kripal
- Everyday Zen/Charlotte Joko Beck
- Heart of Understanding/T.N. Hanh
- I and Thou/M. Buber
- I asked for wonder/A.J.Heschel
- Inner Work/R. Johnson
- Living Buddha, Living Christ / T.N. Hanh
- Living Thoughts of Kierkegaard/Soren Kierkegaard, W. H. Auden
- Love & Responsibility/K. Wojtyla
- Markings/Dag Hammarksjold
- More Loves Than One/S. Rosenberg
- Mysticism of The Cloud of Unknowing, Edited/W.Johnston
- New Seeds of Contemplation/ T. Merton
- On Religion: Speeches to its Cultured Despisers/Schleiermacher
- Orpheus and Company/D. Slater
- Outlines of Mahayana Buddhism/D.T. Suzuki
- Presuppositions of India’s Philosophies, Karl H. Potter
- Rama and Sita: A tale from Ancient Java/ David Wietzman
- Reflections on the Art of Living/J. Campbell
- Return of the Prodigal Son/H.Nouwen
- Secret of Yoga/G.Krishna
- Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke/R. M. Rilke
- She/R.Johnson
- Soul's Religion/ T.Moore
- Spiritual Exercise:the Way to Christ/K.Wojtyla
- Supreme Doctrine/H.Benoit
- Tanakh, The Holy Scriptures/The Jewish Publication Society
- Tao Te Ching/Lao Tzu
- Taoism:The Parting of the Way/ H. Welch
- The Complete Stories/F. O'Connor
- The Four Loves/C.S. Lewis
- The God Who loves You/P. Kreeft
- The Interior Castle/Teresa of Avila
- The Path To Love/D. Chopra
- Understanding the Greek Orthodox Church/ D.Constantelos
- Visions//C.S. Jung
- Waking up to What You Do/Diane Rizzetto
- Wind Sand and Stars/A.de St. Exupery
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- "having received instruction for several years first by a Buddhist practitioner of the Mahayana tradition, and then at the Prairie Zen Center, I bring to the web the Simple Mind School of practice.
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