Simple Mind Zen

"The mind is host, the body is guest." Zen master and historical figure, Bassui was born in Japan in 1327. Rejected by his mother...

Sometimes we want to help others. When we give assistance to others it comes in different ways. It may be quiet, relying upon the attentive...

"He who does not expect, has all things" Charlotte Joko Beck writes, "Our human trouble arises from desire. Not all desire...

"If one not yet having attained true perception were to gather followers... discoursing from limited perception, he would become a de...

"There is in truth deception, and in deception, truth." -- a Simple mind An old story about Mara, the evil one, goes like this: ...

The Simple Mind is away from the computer. This article ran here previously on March 26, 2009. "Religious practice is about atonement....

Simple Mind is away from the computer. The following is a favorite which appeared here last year, December 31, 2008.--SimplemindZen Taking u...

"There's an old Zen story: A student asks, "Please write for me something of great wisdom... Master Ichu picked up his brush a...

"Religious practice is about atonement." --C. Joko Beck, Nothing Special Charlotte Joko Beck writes in her book, Nothing Special, ...

Sufism, as a practice, emphasizes certain unique rituals for guiding spiritual seekers into a direct encounter with God. It comes from the I...

The Philosopher Soren Kierkegaard wrote ...'that with such passionate clearness a man sees and knows over what he is in despair, but ...

Taking up the precept of the Way of Speaking Truthfully is often a first precept encountered and one of the most obvious, yet not always to ...

In the study of the self, we find that wherever we go, there we are . Gaining this sort of awareness of the self is central to practice. App...

Recalling that the Simple Mind practice is one in which we come to a more clear understanding of the words of Practice Principles through e...