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A monk asked Hongzhi, “What about the ones who have gone?”Hongzhi said, “White clouds rise to the top of the valleys, blue peakslean into the empty sky.”The monk asked, “What about the ones who return?”Hongzhi said, “Heads covered in white hair, they leave the cliffs andvalleys. In the dead of night they descend through the clouds to themarket stalls.”“What about the ones who neither come nor go?”“The stone woman calls them back from their dream of the world.”As the year comes to an end, I have been spending time with the archetype of the Stone Woman. A character who mysteriously turns up throughout the Chan koan tradition. We find her getting up to dance in the Precious Mirror Samadhi, giving birth to a child at night in the Mountains and Rivers Sutra and calling us back from our dream of the world in this dialogue with Hongzhi.Who is this woman of stone?Perhaps you have met her as the ancient boulders that watch over you during a favorite hike, or the large rocks you used to climb and rest on as a child. Perhaps you've held her hand while walking on the beach or along a river. Or maybe you've encountered her in the stone buildings or concrete sidewalks of your neighborhood.Her stillness and quiet are reminiscent of your own deeply silent Mind.Her pregnant darkness allows all of creation to spring forth. Including you, and me, and each thought, word, expression, desire, feeling and sensation.Koans contain layers of meaning, and while their intention is to aid us in awakening to the profound truth of non-separation—they also have a way of meeting us exactly where we are. So as one year turns into another. Let's take the questioner's inquiries to heart.What about the ones who have gone? They ask—Well, where have you gone? These last 12 months. What/who did you visit? What did you see? What experiences did you seek out? What did you learn from your going?Is there a word, phrase, image—that speaks to your going and learning this last year?Hongzhi gives us this one: “White clouds rise to the top of the valleys, blue peaks lean into the empty sky.”Then we are asked: What about the ones who return?What did you return to? Where did you take refuge?What are places of return for you? Physical, mental, emotional, spiritual? Who do you return to?How have you shared or offered yourself? Who/what are you in service to?Is there a connection to going/learning—and returning?Is there an image, word, phrase connected to returning, refuge or offering?Hongzhi again gives us one: “Heads covered in white hair, they leave the cliffs and valleys. In the dead of night they descend through the clouds to the market stalls.”Lastly the questioner asks, what about those who neither come nor go?What have you stayed with? Whether its sobriety, a relationship, vows, commitments, a creative project, a home, a child—reflect on stayingWhat commitments did you honor? What values did you live by?Reflect on the challenges and joys of staying.What image, word or phrase captures the art of staying for you.Hongzhi says: The stone woman calls them back from their dream of the worldNow, for a moment let yourself be here, let thoughts come and go, body sensations come and go, but really be here at the stillness of your being.Whats it like to be here—here?Be the stone woman.Connect to the stillness and quiet of stone—the unconditioned heartPrajna Paramita—wisdom beyond wisdomThere is something beautiful here, being called back from our dreams of the world, the things we did, didn't do, our learnings.To just be here, right hereAnd let our dreams for the next year be in communion with the dream of the stone woman, the dream of awakening—What is that like?To let your dreams merge with the great dream, your life touch this one unconditioned life.To close, I'll leave you with this poem by Marie Howe. Sending you blessings for the New Year.SINGULARITYby Marie Howe(after Stephen Hawking)Do you sometimes want to wake up to the singularitywe once were?so compact nobodyneeded a bed, or food or money —nobody hiding in the school bathroomor home alonepulling open the drawerwhere the pills are kept.For every atom belonging to me as goodBelongs to you. Remember?There was no Nature. Nothem. No teststo determine if the elephantgrieves her calf or ifthe coral reef feels pain. Trashedoceans don't speak English or Farsi or French;would that we could wake up to what we were— when we were ocean and before thatto when sky was earth, and animal was energy, and rock wasliquid and stars were space and space was notat all — nothingbefore we came to believe humans were so importantbefore this awful loneliness.Can molecules recall it?what once was? before anything happened?No I, no We, no one. No wasNo verb no nounonly a tiny tiny dot brimming withis is is is isAll everything homeI'm Amy Kisei. I am a Zen Buddhist Teacher, Spiritual Counselor, budding Astrologer and Artist. I offer 1:1 Spiritual Counseling sessions in the styles of IFS and somatic mindfulness. I also offer astrology readings. Check out my website to learn more.Below you can find a list of weekly and monthly online and in-person practice opportunities. I will be traveling to Oregon in February and will be facilitating three events of varying lengths while I am there (most of which are taking place at Great Vow Zen Monastery.)Weekly Online Meditation EventMonday Night Dharma — 6P PT / 9P ET Join weekly for drop-in meditation and dharma talk. Feel free to join anytime. Event last about 1.5 hours. ZOOM LINKMonthly Online Practice EventSky+Rose: The Ritual of Being Lost on Sunday January 510:30A - 12:30P PT / 1:30P - 3:30P ETRSVPIn-Person in OregonFeb 1 — Sky+Rose Daylong Retreat: The Strange Garden of Desire The strange garden of desire: wandering, dreaming, feasting, tending, destroying.In this daylong workshop each person will explore their singular Strange Garden of Desires, taking a fresh look at what loves, longings, obsessions and obligations live within us.Through parts work, meditation, and practices of somatic expression we will engage our gardens in five distinct ways: wandering, dreaming, tending, feasting and destroying.Feb 2 - 9 — Pari-Nirvana Sesshin: A Meditation Retreat exploring Life, Death & the UnknownFeb 13 - 16 — Emergent Darkness – A Creative Process, Parts Work and Zen RetreatIn-Person in Ohio(See Mud Lotus Sangha Calendar for weekly meditation events, classes and retreats) This is a public episode. 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This dharma talk was given by Hogen Roshi at Heart of Wisdom Zen Temple on September 29th, 2024 during Sunday Night Program. In this talk Hogen discusses and interprets the chant Hongzhi's "Guidepost of Silent Illumination". ★ Support this podcast ★

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ADZG 1190 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton The post Hongzhi and the Mysterious Pivot first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1189 ADZG Saturday Morning Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton The post Hongzhi and Meditation on Space (and Time) first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1188 ADZG Friday Morning Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton The post Hongzhi and Settling within first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1182 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton The post Hongzhi's mutual response, Gaza and student encampments first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1178 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Steven Heine – see podcast page to access speaker’s PDF   The post Hongzhi and Wansong Soto Lineage Contexts first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1176 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton The post Hongzhi and the Baby Buddha first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1174 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton The post Hongzhi and the Buddha Work first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1172 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton The post Hongzhi's Deep Source and Practice of True Reality first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

ADZG 1171 ADZG Monday Night Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton The post Preview of Hongzhi and our Practice Period first appeared on Ancient Dragon Zen Gate.

A selection of profound, direct pointers for meditation by Master Hongzhi Zhengjue. Excerpts taken from the text: "Cultivating the Empty Field The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi" - translated by Taigen Dan Leighton. Hongzhi Zhengjue (1091–1157) was one of the most accomplished Chan masters of the Song dynasty who authored or compiled several influential texts. Hongzhi's conception of silent illumination is of particular importance to the Chinese Caodong Chan and Japanese Sōtō Zen schools. Hongzhi's distinctive teachings are well illustrated in the poetic practice instructions he left behind and are beautiful lyrical celebrations of our Buddha Nature and of all existence. However, they are not merely celebrations, but practice instructions and descriptions of meditative experience. Music by Swami Madhuram Puri. With thanks to Swami for his kind offering of his exquisite music for this channel. For more of his wonderful music, please see here: www.timeforpeace.bandcamp.com

Bem-vindo à Rádio Minghui. As transmissões incluem assuntos relativos à perseguição ao Falun Gong na China, entendimentos e experiências dos praticantes adquiridas no curso de seus cultivos, interesses e música composta e executada pelos praticantes do Dafa. Programa 710: Experiência de cultivo da categoria Pessoas na China despertam para a verdade intitulada: "Somos todos pessoas do Criador: Pensamentos depois de ler o último artigo do Sr. Li Hongzhi 'Por que salvar todos as vidas'", escrita por um cidadão chinês.

PhD candidate Blair Hongzhi Wang shares highlights from her studies on Mandarin English speakers' pronunciation and teaching strategies that can help learners develop their intelligibility. In this interview, Blair talks about:1. Vowel sounds Mandarin English speakers find challenging and why2. The meaning of intelligibility and its relevance to research and teaching 3. How similar sounds between learners' L1 and English doesn't always make learning easier4. How gestures and perception-based activities can support learners in tackling sounds they find challenging.While Blair's research is focused on Mandarin English speakers, the tips and teaching strategies she shares can be adapted to other sounds and the needs of your learners. To learn more about Blair's studies, contact her here or visit the City, University of London website here. To watch this episode with closed captions on YouTube, click here.ReferencesFlege, J. E. (1995). 'Second Language Speech Learning Theory, Findings, and Problems', in Strange, W. (ed.) Speech Perception and Linguistic Experience Issues in Cross-Language Research. Timonium: MD York Press, pp.233-277Wang, H. (2023, April 20) A Systematic Review: The Identification of Segmental Mandarin-Accented English Features. IATEFL Harrogate, UKPassy, J. (2010) Cued Articulation: Consonants and Vowels (Revised Edition). ACER PressYou can support the work we do at TESOL Pop by:- Leaving a rating and review- Sharing this episode with your community- Buying us a coffee at https://ko-fi.com/tesolpopCreditsPodcaster & Producer Laura WilkesAudio-Video Editor Haven TsangWith thanks to our inspiring guest, Blair Hongzhi Wang.

ADZG 1115 ADZG Monday Night Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton

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A selection of profound, direct pointers for meditation by Master Hongzhi on the nature of the mind taken from various texts. Hongzhi Zhengjue (1091–1157) was one of the most accomplished Chan masters of the Song dynasty who authored or compiled several influential texts. Hongzhi's conception of silent illumination is of particular importance to the Chinese Caodong Chan and Japanese Sōtō Zen schools. Hongzhi's distinctive teachings are well illustrated in the poetic practice instructions he left behind and are beautiful lyrical celebrations of our Buddha Nature and of all existence. However, they are not merely celebrations, but practice instructions and descriptions of meditative experience.

Meho Isabelle André will be giving a dharma talk on Hongzhi's Guidepost of Silent Illumination.

“They say you can't intellectualize Zen, but don't short change yourself. If your brain wants to understand it, do that first. The old masters all did. They knew exactly what they were talking about.  And then one day you might realize that even the highest level teachings aren't enough. But you have to get them before you can realize that they're not enough.“ - Dave Cuomo   History of Zen returns with a tale of dharma combat that's going to have eon long implications. Two epic frenemies are busy inventing modern koan and shikantaza practice while China is busy putting itself back together, only to promptly fall apart again. What are the roots of modern koan practice, and is ACZC doing them wrong? Why does Zen have a “right” answer for everything, and how did their philosophies get so tight? Was Zen designed to be secular or religious, and does it believe its own PR? Find out here!

ADZG 1063 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton

Falun Gong Founder, Mr. Li Hongzhi Publishes "How Humankind Came To Be"

Falun Gong Founder, Mr. Li Hongzhi Publishes "How Humankind Came To Be"

Norman gives the sixth talk of the Mar de Jade 2022 Sesshin in "Hong zhi: The Family Business." https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/26155538/Sesshin-Mar-de-Jade-2022-Talk-6-Hongzhi-The-Family-Business.mp3

Programa 555: En esta edición les presentamos una experiencia publicada en la página web de Minghui titulada "Atesorando los recuerdos de los encuentros con el Maestro Li Hongzhi en 1992" por un practicante de Falun Dafa de la provincia de Shandong, China.

Jaune Evans gives the ninth and last talk on "The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi" series on "The Field of Vast Brightness" referencing the book "Cultivating the Empty Field: The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi" by Taigen Dan Leighton and Yi Wu. Hongzhi is credited with first articulating the practice of "just sitting" which is Dogen's practice, and ours. Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you!   https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/22115247/The-Field-of-Vast-Brightness-Talk-9-The.-Silent-Illumination-of-Zen-Master-Hongzhi-Jaune-Evans.mp3

James Flaherty gives the eighth talk of "The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi" referencing the book "Cultivating the Empty Field: The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi" by Taigen Dan Leighton and Yi Wu. Hongzhi is credited with first articulating the practice of "just sitting" which is Dogen's practice, and ours. https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/08213615/Entryways-to-Hongzhi-Talk-8-James-Flaherty.mp3

Norman  gives the seventh talk of "The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi" referencing the book "Cultivating the Empty Field: The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi" by Taigen Dan Leighton and Yi Wu. Hongzhi is credited with first articulating the practice of "just sitting" which is Dogen's practice, and ours. Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/19083404/The-Silent-Illumination-of-Zen-Master-Hongzhi-Talk-7.mp3

Kathie Fischer gives the sixth talk of "The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi" referencing the book "Cultivating the Empty Field: The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi" by Taigen Dan Leighton and Yi Wu. Hongzhi is credited with first articulating the practice of "just sitting" which is Dogen's practice, and ours. View or download the transcript → https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/10114522/The-Silent-Illumination-of-Zen-Master-Hongzhi-Talk-6-Kathy-Fischer.mp3  

https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/03133847/The-Silent-Illumination-of-Zen-Master-Hongzhi-Talk-5.mp3 Norman gives the fifth talk of "The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi" referencing the book "Cultivating the Empty Field: The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi" by Taigen Dan Leighton and Yi Wu. Hongzhi is credited with first articulating the practice of "just sitting" which is Dogen's practice, and ours.

Norman Fischer gives the fourth talk of "The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi" to the October 2022 All Day Sitting referencing the book "Cultivating the Empty Field: The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi" by Taigen Dan Leighton and Yi Wu. Hongzhi is credited with first articulating the practice of "just sitting" which is Dogen's practice, and ours. https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/01122014/The-Silent-Illumination-of-Zen-Master-Hongzhi-Talk-4-merged_1.mp3

In deze podcast begint eerw. Baldwin met een oefeninstructie van Zenmeester Hongzhi, de twaalfde-eeuwse Chinese Zenmeester en een van de grote Zenmeesters uit onze traditie. "Laat steeds weer los waar je geest zich aan hecht en dan vindt wonderbaarlijk vanzelf plaats waar Hongzhi het over heeft. De geest zal weer naar huis gaan, naar de bron. De geest zal weer kunnen rusten in gewoon open gewaarzijn, ongeconditioneerd door wat zich elk moment om je en in je ontvouwt." Korte inleiding van de meditatie gegeven aan het begin van de meditatie op 23-10-2022 U kunt de tekstversie hier lezen (Spreker op deze podcast is eerw. Baldwin Schreurs. Hij werd in 1990 ingewijd als boeddhistisch monnik in het Zenklooster Throssel Hole Buddhist Abbey in Noord-Engeland en ontving vijf jaar later de Dharmatransmissie van eerw. meester Daishin Morgan. In 1998 werd hij Dharmaleraar en in oktober 2017 ontving hij zijn benoeming tot Zenmeester. Sinds 2005 is hoofdmonnik en leraar van De Dharmatoevlucht. De Dharmatoevlucht is een stadstempel en meditatie-centrum van de internationale Order of Buddhist Contemplatives (OBC).) #zenboeddhisme #zen #boeddhisme #meditatie #zazen #Hongzhi

Norman gives the second talk of "The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi" referencing the book "Cultivating the Empty Field: The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi" by Taigen Dan Leighton and Yi Wu. Hongzhi is credited with first articulating the practice of "just sitting" which is Dogen's practice, and ours. https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/24103233/Silent-Illumination-of-Zen-Master-Hongzhi-Talk-2.mp3

10/23/2022, Sokaku Kathie Fischer, dharma talk at Green Gulch Farm. Kathie Fischer discusses Hongzhi's 12th century teaching of silent illumination and how it can inform our practice in these times.

Norman gives the first talk of "The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi" referencing the book "Cultivating the Empty Field: The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi" by Taigen Dan Leighton and Yi Wu. Hongzhi is credited with first articulating the practice of "just sitting" which is Dogen's practice, and ours. https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/14075920/Silent-Illumination-of-Zen-Master-Hongzhi-Talk-1.mp3

Sensei Kathie Fischer continues Upaya's in depth investigation of Hongzhi's teachings on silent illumination during its Fall Practice Period of 2022. Kathie explores the relationship between stepping back into awareness, prior to any “distinctions of shadow and light,” and stepping out into the world of delusion in a spirit of service, non-judgment, and love. To access […]

Sensei Matthew Kozan Palevsky continues Upaya's exploration of the teachings of Hongzhi, looking at the text “Thirty Years of Emptiness and Existence,” in which Hongzhi references the koan, Juzhi's One Finger. “No place can be other than myself,” Hongzhi writes, referencing the famous story of Juzhi and his realization that he is filled with all that […]

 “It seems that you're all getting attached to the empty field!” Sensei Shinzan Palma jokes when he asks the community in the zendo and online how they're doing and gets only silence in return. Upaya has been studying the Hongzhi's teachings on silent illumination as compiled in Dan Leighton's Cultivating the Empty Field. Shinzan's guiding […]

As we've explored the practice of silent illumination this Fall Practice Period we've come across the phrases “take the backward step” and “turn the light around.”. But what do these phrases, used by both Hongzhi and Dogen, actually mean? And how do we practice them? In his first Dharma talk as Sensei, Noah Kodo Roen […]

Upaya is in the middle of Fall Practice Period, studying the teachings of Hongzhi and the practice of silent illumination. The Caodong/Soto school of Hongzhi and Dogen, with its emphasis on just sitting, traces itself back to the 8th Century Chan (Zen) Master Shitou. Sensei Monshin Nannette Overlay brings her characteristic honesty, gentleness, and care […]

Sensei Kathie Fischer continues Upaya's exploration of Zen Master Hongzhi's teachings on the practice of silent illumination. She describes how Hongzhi, teaching during China's Song Dynasty, bridges the gap between the early Chan (Zen) of the Tang Dynasty and that of Dogen, the founder of the Soto school of Zen. Kathie reads Hongzhi's poetic teachings […]

Programa 447: En esta edición les presentamos una experiencia publicada en la página web de Minghui por la celebración del Día Mundial de Falun Dafa titulada "El esposo de una practicante de Falun Dafa agradece al Maestro Li Hongzhi", por el esposo de una practicante en la provincia de Shandong, China.

“The practice of true reality is simply to sit.” Matthew Kozan Palevsky continues Upaya's exploration of silent illumination, or just sitting, discussing Taigen Dan Leighton's collection of Zen Master Hongzhi's writings, “Cultivating the Empty Field.” He invites us to consider what it could mean for us to cultivate the empty field, especially given that Hongzhi […]

Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei - Zen Center of New York City, Fire Lotus Temple, Sunday 07/10/2022 - How can we recognize the mechanics of proliferation in our thoughts? How can we skillfully meet the "grasper" in our minds? In this talk, Hojin Sensei speaks to the natural capacity of our mind to proliferate and the similarly natural capacity to make space. She draws upon the practice instructions of Zen master Hongzhi in The Bright Boundless Field.

Degna Chikei Levister, Senior Lay Student - Zen Center of New York City, Fire Lotus Temple, Sunday 05/15/2022 - How do we bring all of who we are into practice? How do we embrace the full reality of the world while not getting turned around by external causes and conditions? In this talk, Chikei Levister explores the teachings of Zen Master Hongzhi on the practice of true reality.

If you truly appreciate a single thread your eye can suitably meet the world and its changes. Seeing clearly, do not be fooled, and the ten thousand situations cannot shroud you. Moonlight falls on the water; wind blows over the pines. Light and shadow do not confuse us; sounds or voices do not block us. The whistling wind can resonate, pervading without impediment through the various structures. Flowing along with things, harmonizing without deviation, thoroughly abandoning webs of dust, still one does not yet arrive in the original home. Put to rest the remnants of your conditioning. Sit empty of worldly anxiety, silent and bright, clear and illuminating, blank and accepting, far-reaching and responsive. Without encountering external dusts, fulfilled in your own spirit, arrive at this field and immediately recognize your ancestors.Hongzhi Zhengjue, Cultivating the Empty FieldSupport the show (https://www.paypal.me/apalmr)

The way wanders in the empty middle of the circle, reaching the vacancy where appearances are forgotten. The pure ultimate self blazes, brilliant simply from inherent illumination. Facing the boundary of the object world without yet creating the sense gates, realize the subtlety of how to eliminate the effects of the swirling flow of arising and extinction! Rely only on the source of creation. If you feel a shadow of a hair's gap, nothing will be received. Just experience and respond appropriately. From this singular impact many thousands of roads open, and all things are preeminent. With this unification I radiantly speak the dharma. The self divides into ten billion distinct illuminating spirits. Distinguish these without falling into names and classifications and accord fully without effort. The mirror is clear and magnanimous. The valley is empty, but echoes. From the beginning unbound by seeing or hearing, the genuine self romps and plays in samadhi without obstruction. When enacted like this, how could it not be beneficial?Hongzhi Zhengjue, Cultivating the Empty FieldSupport the show (https://www.paypal.me/apalmr)

All dharmas are innately amazing beyond description. Perfect vision has no gap. In mountain groves, grasslands, and woods the truth has always been exhibited. Discern and comprehend the broad long tongue [of Buddha's teaching] , which cannot be muted anywhere. The spoken is instantly heard; what is heard is instantly spoken. Senses and objects merge; principle and wisdom are united. When self and other are the same, mind and dharmas are one. When you face what you have excluded and see how it appears, you must quickly gather it together and integrate with it. Make it work within your house, then establish stable sitting.Hongzhi Zhengjue, Cultivating the Empty FieldSupport the show (https://www.paypal.me/apalmr)

All buddhas and every ancestor without exception testify that they all arrive at this refuge where the three times [past, present, and future] cease and the ten thousand changes are silenced. Straight ahead, unopposed by the smallest atom, the inherently illumined buddha spirit subtly penetrates the original source. When recognized and realized exhaustively, [this spirit] shares itself and responds to situations. The gates sparkle and all beings behold the gleaming. Then they understand that from within this place fulfilled self flows out. The hundreds of grass-tips all around never are imposed as my causes and conditioning. The whole body from head to foot proceeds smoothly.Hongzhi Zhengjue, Cultivating the Empty FieldSupport the show (https://www.paypal.me/apalmr)

Bem-vindo à Rádio Minghui. As transmissões incluem assuntos relativos à perseguição ao Falun Gong na China, entendimentos e experiências dos praticantes adquiridas no curso de seus cultivos, interesses e música composta e executada pelos praticantes do Dafa. Programa 160: Experiência de cultivo da categoria Retorno ao cultivo, intitulada: "Foi o Mestre Li Hongzhi quem me salvou", escrita por uma praticante de Daqing, província de Heilongjiang, China

A patch-robed monk's authentic task is to practice the essence, in each minute event carefully discerning the shining source, radiant without discrimination, one color unstained. You must keep turning inwards, then [the source] is apprehended. This is called being able to continue the family business. Do not wear the changing fashions, transcend the duality of light and shadow. Accordingly the ancestors' single trail is marvelously enacted. The residual debris of the world departs, its influence ended. This worldly knowledge does not compare to returning to the primary and obtaining confirmation. Observing beyond your skull, the core finally can be fulfilled and you can emerge from the transitory. The reeds blossom under the bright moon; the ancient ferryboat begins its passage; the jade thread fits into the golden needle. Then the opportunity arises to turn around, enter the world, and respond to conditions. All the dusts are entirely yours; all the dharmas are not someone else's. Follow the current and paddle along, naturally unobstructed!Hongzhi Zhengjue, Cultivating the Empty FieldSupport the show (https://www.paypal.me/apalmr)

Programa 281: En esta edición les presentamos una experiencia publicada en la página web de Minghui titulada "Un recuerdo preciado: la asistencia a las últimas conferencias del Maestro Li Hongzhi en China", por una practicante de Falun Dafa en China.

Silently dwell in the self, in true suchness abandon conditioning. Open-minded and bright without defilement, simply penetrate and drop off everything. Today is not your first arrival here. Since the ancient home before the empty kalpa, clearly nothing has been obscured. Although you are inherently spirited and splendid, still you must go ahead and enact it. When doing so, immediately display every atom without hiding a speck of dirt. Dry and cool in deep repose, profoundly understand. If your rest is not satisfying and you yearn to go beyond birth and death, there can be no such place. Just burst through and you will discern without thought-dusts, pure without reasons for anxiety. Stepping back with open hands, [giving up everything] , is thoroughly comprehending life and death. Immediately you can sparkle and respond to the world. Merge together with all things. Everywhere is just right. Accordingly we are told that from ancient to modern times all dharmas are not concealed, always apparent and exposed.Hongzhi Zhengjue, Cultivating the Empty Field  Support the show (https://www.paypal.me/apalmr)

Patch-robed monks practice thoroughly without carrying a single thread. Open-mindedly sparkling and pure, they are like a mirror reflecting a mirror, with nothing regarded as outside, without capacity for accumulating dust. They illuminate everything fully, perceiving nothing [as an object] . This is called taking up the burden from inside and is how to shoulder responsibility. Wisdom illuminates the darkness without confusion. The Way integrates with the body and does not get stuck. From this unstuck place, engaging and transforming at the appropriate opportunity, the wisdom does not leak out. Clearly the Way does not get stained. The valley spirit echoes the sound. The wind master walks in the sky. Unobstructed and free, beyond restraints, they do not depend on even subtle indicators and their essential spirit cannot be eclipsed. Fulfilled, wander around and arrive at such a field. The entire place secure, the entire place at leisure, the open field of the white ox is plain and simple, of one color. If you chase the ox, still it will not go away. You must intimately experience and arrive here.Hongzhi Zhengjue, Cultivating the Empty Field Support the show (https://www.paypal.me/apalmr)

Sun Face Buddha, Moon Face Buddha—stars fall, thunder rolls,the mirror faces forms without subjectivity;the pearl in a bowl rolls of itself.Don't you see, before the hammer, gold refined a hundred times;under the scissors, silk from one loom.Hongzhi Zhengjue, Verse from Book of Serenity, Case 36Support the show (https://www.paypal.me/apalmr)

Cast off completely your head and skin. Thoroughly withdraw from distinctions of light and shadow. Where the ten thousand changes do not reach is the foundation that even a thousand sages cannot transmit. Simply by yourself illuminate and deeply experience it with intimate accord. The original light flashes through confusion. True illumination reflects into the distance. Deliberations about being and nonbeing are entirely abandoned. The wonder appears before you, its benefit transferred out for kalpas. Immediately you follow conditions and accord with awakening without obstruction from any defilements. The mind does not attach to things, and your footsteps are not visible on the road. Then you are called to continue the family business. Even if you thoroughly understand, still please practice until it is familiar.Hongzhi Zhengjue, Cultivating the Empty FieldSupport the show (https://www.paypal.me/apalmr)

In this episode I explore a teaching from 12th-century Chan master Hongzhi, in which he instructs us to “wander into the center of the circle of wonder.” I propose that the whole of the Dharma can be found by exploring the nature of wonder, and what it is that obstructs wonder.

ADZG 971 ADZG Sunday Morning Dharma Talk by Taigen Dan Leighton

Separate yourself from disturbance and face whatever appears before you. Not one iota seeps through from outside. The two forms [yin and yang] have the same root, and the ten thousand images have one substance. Following change and going along with transformation,  the whole is not clouded over by previous conditions. Then you reach the foundation of the great freedom. Wind blows and moon shines, and beings do not obstruct each other. Afterwards, settle back within and take responsibility. Wisdom returns and the principle is consummated. When you forget about merit your position is fulfilled. Do not fall for occupying honorable stations, but enter the current of the world and join with the delusion. Transcendent, solitary, and glorious, directly know that transmitting is merit, but having transmitted is not your own merit.Hongzhi Zhengjue, Cultivating the Empty Field Support the show (https://www.paypal.me/apalmr)

[The empty field] cannot be cultivated or proven. From the beginning it is altogether complete, undefiled and clear down to the bottom. Where everything is correct and totally sufficient, attain the pure eye that illuminates thoroughly, fulfilling liberation. Enlightenment involves enacting this; stability develops from practicing it. Birth and death originally have no root or stem, appearing and disappearing originally have no defining signs or traces. The primal light, empty and effective, illumines the head top. The primal wisdom, silent but also glorious, responds to conditions. When you reach the truth without middle or edge, cutting off before and after, then you realize one wholeness. Everywhere sense faculties and objects both just happen. The one who sticks out his broad long tongue transmits the inexhaustible lamp, radiates the great light, and performs the great buddha work, from the first not borrowing from others one atom from outside the dharma. Clearly this affair occurs within your own house.-Hongzhi Zhengjue, Cultivating the Empty FieldSupport the show (https://www.paypal.me/apalmr)

In this dharma talk Kisei explore's the phrase from Hongzhi in Silent Illumination:If serenity neglects illumination; murkiness leads to wasted dharma.This life is a play of emptiness and illumination, yin & yang. When the emptiness side (which also can be defined as silence, serenity, darkness, unknowing) gets off balance--what happens to our lives? our practice? our awakening?This talk is a deep exploration of the ins and outs of emptiness.  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit amykisei.substack.com/subscribe

Patch-robed monks make their thinking dry and cool and rest from the remnants of conditioning. Persistently brush up and sharpen this bit of the field. Directly cut through all the overgrown grass. Reach the limit in all directions without defiling even one atom. Spiritual and bright, vast and lustrous, illuminating fully what is before you, directly attain the shining light and clarity that cannot attach to a single defilement. Immediately tug and pull back the ox's nose. Of course his horns are imposing and he stomps around like a beast, yet he never damages people's sprouts or grain. Wandering around, accept how it goes. Accepting how it goes, wander around. Do not be bounded by or settle into any place. Then the plough will break open the ground in the field of the empty kalpa. Proceeding in this manner, each event will be unobscured, each realm will appear complete. One contemplation of the ten thousand years is beginning not to dwell in appearances. Thus it is said that the mind-ground contains every seed and the universal rain makes them all sprout. When awakening blossoms, desires fade, and Bodhi's fruit is perfected self.-Hongzhi Zhengjue, Cultivating the Empty FieldSupport the show (https://www.paypal.me/apalmr)

Vast and far-reaching without boundary, secluded and pure, manifesting light, this spirit is without obstruction. Its brightness does not shine out but can be called empty and inherently radiant. Its brightness, inherently purifying, transcends causal conditions beyond subject and object. Subtle but preserved, illumined and vast, also it cannot be spoken of as being or non being, or discussed with images or calculations. Right in here the central pivot turns, the gateway opens. You accord and respond without laboring and accomplish without hindrance. Everywhere turn around freely, not following conditions, not falling into classifications. Facing everything, let go and attain stability. Stay with that just as that. Stay with this just as this. That and this are mixed together with no discriminations as to their places. So it is said that the earth lifts up the mountain without knowing the mountain's stark steepness. A rock contains jade without knowing the jade's flawlessness. This is how truly to leave home, how home-leaving* must be enacted.Hongzhi Zhengjue, Cultivating the Empty FieldSupport the show (https://www.paypal.me/apalmr)

The practice of true reality is simply to sit serenely in silent introspection. When you have fathomed this you cannot be turned around by external causes and conditions. This empty, wide open mind is subtly and correctly illuminating. Spacious and content, without confusion from inner thoughts of grasping, effectively overcome habitual behavior and realize the self that is not possessed by emotions. You must be broad-minded, whole without relying on others. Such upright independent spirit can begin not to pursue degrading situations. Here you can rest and become clean, pure, and lucid. Bright and penetrating, you can immediately return, accord, and respond to deal with events. Everything is unhindered, clouds gracefully floating up to the peaks, the moonlight glitteringly flowing down mountain streams. The entire place is brightly illumined and spiritually transformed, totally unobstructed and clearly manifesting responsive interaction like box and lid or arrowpoints [meeting]. Continuing, cultivate and nourish yourself to enact maturity and achieve stability. If you accord everywhere with thorough clarity and cut off sharp corners without dependence on doctrines, like the white bull or wildcat [helping to arouse wonder], you can be called a complete person. So we hear that this is how one on the way of non-mind acts, but before realizing non-mind we still have great hardship.-Hongzhi Zhengjue, Cultivating the Empty FieldSupport the show (https://www.paypal.me/apalmr)

The field of boundless emptiness is what exists from the very beginning. You must purify, cure, grind down, or brush away all the tendencies you have fabricated into apparent habits. Then you can reside in the clear circle of brightness. Utter emptiness has no image, upright independence does not rely on anything. Just expand and illuminate the original truth unconcerned by external conditions. Accordingly we are told to realize that not a single thing exists. In this field birth and death do not appear. The deep source, transparent down to the bottom, can radiantly shine and can respond unencumbered to each speck of dust without becoming its partner. The subtlety of seeing and hearing transcends mere colors and sounds. The whole affair functions without leaving traces, and mirrors without obscurations. Very naturally mind and dharmas emerge and harmonize. An Ancient said that non-mind enacts and fulfills the way of non-mind. Enacting and fulfilling the way of non-mind, finally you can rest. Proceeding you are able to guide the assembly. With thoughts clear, sitting silently, wander into the center of the circle of wonder. This is how you must penetrate and study.-Hongzhi Zhengjue, Cultivating the Empty FieldSupport the show (https://www.paypal.me/apalmr)

"Hongzhi spreekt over 'dit wonderbaarlijk heldere veld' en er is maar één veld. Hij bedoelt niet: ieder heeft een veldje en er zijn ontelbare veldjes." Een inleiding van de meditatie van 6 Juni 2021 U kunt de tekstversie hier lezen: https://www.dharmatoevlucht.nl/over-de-dharmatoevlucht-2/order-of-buddhist-contemplatives/zenleraren/eerwaarde-baldwin-schreurs/het-open-lege-veld/ (Spreker op deze podcast is eerw. Baldwin Schreurs. Hij werd in 1990 ingewijd als boeddhistisch monnik in het Zenklooster Throssel Hole Buddhist Abbey in Noord-Engeland en ontving vijf jaar later de Dharmatransmissie van eerw. meester Daishin Morgan. In 1998 werd hij Dharmaleraar en in oktober 2017 ontving hij zijn benoeming tot Zenmeester. Sinds 2005 is hoofdmonnik en leraar van De Dharmatoevlucht. De Dharmatoevlucht is een stadstempel en meditatie-centrum van de internationale Order of Buddhist Contemplatives (OBC).)

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Kate Hartland gives an encouragement talk. The text is from Cultivating the Empty Field by Hongzhi. (April 9, 2021)

The year is 1487! Beer gets better (and safer), Hongzhi becomes Emperor of China (and by all accounts sounds like someone who should actually be in a position of leadership), Magdalena de la Cruz is a living saint (and by all accounts sounds like someone who should not be in a position of leadership), and Lambert Simnel claims he's heir to the throne of England. ******* Intro Music: "Horse Race" by EstherGarcia. https://beerandbrewing.com/dictionary/7SMpZlapQl/ https://beerandbrewing.com/dictionary/JE21QkzMmR/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/celebrating-500-years-germans-beer-purity-law-180958878/ https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/10/26/the-reinheitsgebot-the-beer-purity-law-of-1516-is-still-in-force-in-germany-today/ https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/piel-castle/history/lambert-simnel/ https://spartacus-educational.com/H7Content5.htm https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambert_Simnel https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Plantagenet,_17th_Earl_of_Warwick https://christusvincitsite.wordpress.com/2018/06/09/diabolic-stigmata-the-notorious-case-of-magdalena-de-la-cruz/ https://www.mysticsofthechurch.com/2011/12/sister-magdalena-of-cross-nun-who-made.html http://www.mingtombs.eu/emp/09hongzhi/hongzhi.html   https://www.chinafetching.com/hongzhi-emperor-zhu-youcheng 

Shunyamurti reads from Hongzhi’s “Cultivating the Empty Field”, noting that most of these teachings are not understood by the postmodern ego because of its fragmentation and anxiety, but if one can gain distance from thinking, and maintain a cool, dry mind, we can move from sensory intensity to supersensory intensity and recover our infinite imagination.

Hongzhi Zhengjue (jap. Wanshi Shôgaku, 1091-1157), est l'un des plus fameux maîtres zen de l'époque Song. Il revitalisa l'école caodong (jap. sôtô), une école zen dont la lignée remonte au maître Dongshan Liangjie (jap. Tôzan Ryôkai, 807-869). Il fut ordonné novice à l'âge de onze ans. En 1129, il prit la direction du monastère de Tiantong dans la province de Ming. Sous sa direction, ce très ancien temple trouva une nouvelle splendeur et attira des centaines de moines. Il ne sortit de la montagne qu'à l'automne 1157 pour remercier les donateurs du temple puis revint, écrivit au maître Dahui Zonggao (jap. Daie Sôkô, 1089-1163) lui demandant de prendre en charge le temple et mourut. Hongzhi a laissé une importante collection d'enseignements, de prêches et de poésies connue sous le titre des "Entretiens de Hongzhi" (Hongzhilu, jap. Wanshiroku, répertorié sous la référence T. 2001 dans le canon bouddhique sino-japonais). Hongzhi s'y montre particulièrement influencé par la doctrine des cinq degrés qui décrit sous une forme symbolique et poétique le cheminement intérieur jusqu'à la parfaite intégration de l'absolu et du relatif.   Chapitrage 00:30 Comment observer bouddha 02:55 Retournez à la source et soyez au service des Patriarches 05:13 La totalité émerge dans son éclat originel 07:10 Les images spectaculaires de nuages et de dragons 09:14 Les fleurs de Bouddha, les feuilles, les racines et les poussières 11:12 Un pas en arrière et la marmite placée debout 14:33 Resplendissant à travers l'obscurité 17:45 Le champ du dharma, terre de l'esprit, et la graine unique 19:25 La fascination des nuages et l'amour de la lune 21:30 Passer à travers le monde 26:11 Tous les êtres sont vos propres Patriarches 28:11 Partir ou rester 30:30 Abandonnez votre peau, acceptez votre fonction 32:52 Chacun fait partie de ce champ 34:56 Le troisième œil et le coude replié 37:19 Au-delà des différentes variétés 39:33 Aucune interférence sur la question de l'unité 42:16 Le comportement de la lune et des nuages   Traduction brute de l'anglais par Vincent Keisen Vuillemin à partir du texte de Taigen Dan Leighton Roshi. Musique: Martin Starson (https://musicmindmagic.bandcamp.com/t...) et sa chaine You Tube MusicMindMagic (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1-n...) Image: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haboku_...   Merci infiniment à tous les généreux donateurs qui participent au soutien de cette chaîne. Vous pouvez faire un don pour soutenir mon travail ici: https://fr.tipeee.com/le-vieux-sage Merci également pour vos messages de gratitude qui me vont droit au cœur et me motivent chaque jour à vous offrir de nouveaux contenus.   Namaskar

Hongzhi Zhengjue (jap. Wanshi Shôgaku, 1091-1157), est l'un des plus fameux maîtres zen de l'époque Song. Il revitalisa l'école caodong (jap. sôtô), une école zen dont la lignée remonte au maître Dongshan Liangjie (jap. Tôzan Ryôkai, 807-869). Il fut ordonné novice à l'âge de onze ans. En 1129, il prit la direction du monastère de Tiantong dans la province de Ming. Sous sa direction, ce très ancien temple trouva une nouvelle splendeur et attira des centaines de moines. Il ne sortit de la montagne qu'à l'automne 1157 pour remercier les donateurs du temple puis revint, écrivit au maître Dahui Zonggao (jap. Daie Sôkô, 1089-1163) lui demandant de prendre en charge le temple et mourut. Hongzhi a laissé une importante collection d'enseignements, de prêches et de poésies connue sous le titre des "Entretiens de Hongzhi" (Hongzhilu, jap. Wanshiroku, répertorié sous la référence T. 2001 dans le canon bouddhique sino-japonais). Hongzhi s'y montre particulièrement influencé par la doctrine des cinq degrés qui décrit sous une forme symbolique et poétique le cheminement intérieur jusqu'à la parfaite intégration de l'absolu et du relatif. Traduction brute de l'anglais par Vincent Keisen Vuillemin à partir du texte de Taigen Dan Leighton Roshi. Musique: Martin Starson (https://musicmindmagic.bandcamp.com/t...) et sa chaine You Tube MusicMindMagic (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1-n...) Image: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haboku_...   Chapitrage 00:17 Le repos des fleuves et des marées 01:51 Trente ans de vacuité et d'existence 05:02 Faire tourner la perle 07:42 L'héritage d'un moine et les nuages qui disparaissent 09:55 La demeure originelle 12:08 Le laboureur dans le champ scintillant 14:38 La méditation du dragon 16:54 Examiner le merveilleux 19:04 Debout au bord de la falaise 21:44 Faire tourner la roue et la senteur de la sérénité 25:19 Les occupations de famille 28:12 Surprenants, les êtres vivants 30:38 L'errance parfaite 33:15 Le phare solitaire et l'unique route 35:11 Activité positive et appropriée 37:05 Une plainte à propos de Bodhidharma venant de l'Est 39:40 La lumière parfaite du sixième Patriarche 43:11 La vue authentique de l'œil libérateur 45:27 Soyez aimablement enclins au partage 48:13 Le champ authentique 51:24 Coupez toute dualité Soutenez-nous !

Hongzhi Zhengjue (jap. Wanshi Shôgaku, 1091-1157),  est l'un des plus fameux maîtres zen de l'époque Song. Il revitalisa l'école caodong (jap. sôtô), une école zen dont la lignée remonte au maître Dongshan Liangjie (jap. Tôzan Ryôkai, 807-869). Il fut ordonné novice à l'âge de onze ans. En 1129, il prit la direction du monastère de Tiantong dans la province de Ming. Sous sa direction, ce très ancien temple trouva une nouvelle splendeur et attira des centaines de moines. Il ne sortit de la montagne qu'à l'automne 1157 pour remercier les donateurs du temple puis revint, écrivit au maître Dahui Zonggao (jap. Daie Sôkô, 1089-1163) lui demandant de prendre en charge le temple et mourut. Hongzhi a laissé une importante collection d'enseignements, de prêches et de poésies connue sous le titre des "Entretiens de Hongzhi" (Hongzhilu, jap. Wanshiroku, répertorié sous la référence T. 2001 dans le canon bouddhique sino-japonais). Hongzhi s'y montre particulièrement influencé par la doctrine des cinq degrés qui décrit sous une forme symbolique et poétique le cheminement intérieur jusqu'à la parfaite intégration de l'absolu et du relatif.   Chapitrage 00'45   Titre 01'00 Le champ brillant et sans limites 04'19 La pratique de la réalité véritable 08'17 Affrontez tout, abandonnez et atteignez la stabilité 11'16 Contempler dix mille années 14'15 Faire son travail de bouddha 16'55 Oublier le mérite est la réalisation 19'02 La racine que le sage ne peut transmettre 21'05 Promenez vous et jouez dans le samadhi avec une confiance totale 24'24 L'esprit de la vallée et le maître vent 27'06 Abandonnez simplement tout 29'42 L'ancien ferry dans la lumière de la lune brillante 32'14 A la source les voies scintillent 34'07 Le malentendu de nombreuses vies 36'17 Soi-même et les autres ne sont pas séparés 38'13 Dix milliards d'esprits illuminés 40'48 S'asseoir vide de toute angoisse mondaine Musique: Martin Starson (https://musicmindmagic.bandcamp.com/track/shakuhachi-japanese-bamboo-flute-meditation-relaxation-music) Image: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haboku_sansui Soutenez-nous !

“With total trust, roam and play in samadhi”. Main Text: Cultivating the Empty Field, The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi by Taigen Daniel Leighton with Yi Wu, North Point Press San Francisco 1991 The post July 2020 Online Sesshin, Day 4, Amala-sensei: Master Hongzhi’s Cultivating the Empty Field appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

“You must be broadminded, whole, without relying on others.” Main Text: Cultivating the Empty Field, The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi by Taigen Daniel Leighton with Yi Wu, North Point Press San Francisco 1991 The post July 2020 Online Sesshin, Day 3, Amala-sensei: Master Hongzhi’s Cultivating the Empty Field appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

The bright, boundless field — what is it? “Degrading situations” and how to avoid pursuing them. Main Text: Cultivating the Empty Field, The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi by Taigen Daniel Leighton with Yi Wu, North Point Press San Francisco 1991 The post July 2020 Online Sesshin, Day 2, Amala-sensei: Master Hongzhi’s Cultivating the Empty Field appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

The life of Master Hongzhi Main Text: Cultivating the Empty Field, The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi by Taigen Daniel Leighton with Yi Wu, North Point Press San Francisco 1991 The post July 2020 Online Sesshin, Day 1, Amala-sensei: Master Hongzhi’s Cultivating the Empty Field appeared first on Rochester Zen Center.

Shunyamurti reads from "Cultivating the Empty Field" (the writings of Hongzhi), a section entitled "With Total Trust, Roam and Play in Samadhi", which remarks on emptying out any hope of being an illusory entity with its "warm and cozy" comforts, that understanding cannot be transmitted through scripture, and one has to let go of even the purest beliefs, that there must be a state of free fall in nonduality between the phenomenal and noumenal, and that every fragment of the dream reflects infinite facets of the Supreme.

I continue in a second episode with my reflections on Chan master Hongzhi's "Guidepost of Silent Illumination. I discuss the interdependence of absolute and relative and why that matters in real life; how skillful bodhisattva action arises out of zazen; how silence is the supreme mode of communication, and how serenity and illumination - calm and insight - are both contained in zazen.

In this episode and the next, I riff off of 12th-century Chan master Hongzhi’s short text, “Guidepost of Silent Illumination,” one of the most positive and encouraging Zen teachings a know. By “riff” I mean I’ll play off of, and spontaneously elaborate on, Hongzhi’s words, as opposed to explaining or analyzing them in an exhaustive or comprehensive way. I take this approach because it’s more fun, but also because “Guidepost of Silent Illumination,” like most Chan and Zen writings, is essentially poetry.

This is a recording of a live talk I gave online in the Tattooed Buddha Community Facebook group. I went over a teaching from Hongzhi in “Cultivating the Empty Field” then I addressed some questions and comments about anger.

This Dharma Talk was given By Jay Rinsen Weik Sensei at the Buddhist Temple of Toledo.  In this talk, Rinsen Sensei explores Hongzhi's practice instructions and how the act as a model of manking the Dharma present as we encounter a challenging world To learn more about the Buddhist Temple of Toledo or to make a contribution in support of this podcast, please visit buddhisttempleoftoledo.org. Thank you for listening.

Review -- why do we come to sesshin and what do we do? Skillfully working with our mental obsessions, compulsions and delusions and entering the Hongzhi's "clear circle of brightness". Main Text(s) quoted: Cultivating the Empty Field, The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi, translated by Taigen Daniel Leighton with Yi Wu.

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