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Uji – Time-Being – The Zen Universe

K. M. August 15, 2019 Resources
Uji – Time-Being – The Zen Universe
Dogen was a prolific writer who captured his knowledge and experience of Zen Buddhism in a large body of texts. Shobogenzo (“Treasury of the Right Dharma Eye”), a spiritual …
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The Five Nyamas – The Zen Universe

K. M. August 15, 2019 Events, Resources
The Five Nyamas – The Zen Universe
Buddha taught there are five types of factors at work in the cosmos that cause things to happen, called the Five Niyamas. The ‘five niyamas’ are the five kinds …
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Hinayana and Mahayana. Similarities and Differences – The Zen Universe

K. M. August 15, 2019 Resources
Hinayana and Mahayana. Similarities and Differences – The Zen Universe
The Buddha was a totally realized being who manifested a human birth in India in the fifth century B.C.E. in order to be able to teach other human beings …
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Dogen Zenji (also known as Joyo Daishi)

K. M. August 15, 2019 Events, Koan, Motion picture, Resources, Temples
Dogen Zenji (also known as Joyo Daishi)
Eihei Dogen,  also known as Joyo Daishi or Kigen Dogen (19 Jan. 1200, Kyoto, Japan—22 Sept. 1253, Kyoto), was born into a family of the court nobility. At the age …
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Anapanasati Sutta – The Zen Universe

K. M. August 15, 2019 Resources
Anapanasati Sutta – The Zen Universe
Anapanasati Sutta is the heart of Satipatthana, the heart of all four foundations of mindfulness. The Anapanasati Sutta is a discourse (sutta) that details the Buddha’s instruction on using …
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Schools of Buddhism – Tibetan Buddhism – The Zen Universe

K. M. August 15, 2019 Resources, Temples
Schools of Buddhism – Tibetan Buddhism – The Zen Universe
Tibetan Buddhism, usually understood as including the Buddhism of Tibet, Mongolia, Bhutan and parts of China, India, and Russia, combines the essential teachings of Mahayana Buddhism with Tantric and Shamanic, …
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Nichiren Buddhism – The Zen Universe

K. M. August 15, 2019 Resources, Stories
Nichiren Buddhism – The Zen Universe
Nichiren Buddhism is a Japanese Buddhist movement in the Mahayana tradition. Nichiren Buddhism differs from other schools of Buddhism in focusing on this world, and in its view that …
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Chakras and Buddhism – The Zen Universe

K. M. August 15, 2019 Books, History, Koan, Resources
Chakras and Buddhism – The Zen Universe
The term chakras or ‘cakras’ is sometimes translated as ‘channel-wheels’ or `cycles` The chakras are energy centers associated with particular parts of the body, and are considered an interface …
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The Triple Treasure, the Three Collective Pure Precepts and the Ten Prohibitory Precepts – The Zen Universe

K. M. August 12, 2019 Resources
The Triple Treasure, the Three Collective Pure Precepts and the Ten Prohibitory Precepts – The Zen Universe
We are all Buddhas, but not all of us follow the Way. In order to enter the Buddha Way, one has to make formless repentance, of taking refuge in …
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Compassion – The Zen Universe

K. M. August 11, 2019 Resources
Compassion – The Zen Universe
In the original Sanskrit Buddhist texts, the concept of compassion is described by the words maitri and anukampa. Maitri indicates a sense of fellowship with others; anukampa describes a …
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