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丹田 Tanden / Dan Tien
Shared by Reni. 丹田 Dan Tien Your Secret Energy Center by Christopher Markert Dan Tien in Chinese is in the same location as it is described in Japanese, Hara. In his book, he talks about his own journey on finding the ancient Chinese knowledge about Dan-Tien. The ancient script describes it as “the best place…
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“November 3rd” by Kenji Miyazawa
Nick shared a poem called “November 3rd” by Miyazawa Kenji. Neither yielding to rainnor yielding to windyielding neither tosnow nor to summer heatwith a stout bodylike thatwithout greednever getting angryalways smiling quietlyeating one and a half pieces of brown riceand bean paste and a bit ofvegetables a dayin everythingnot taking oneselfinto accountlooking listening understanding…
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The Four Noble Truths
Shared by Ann. Buddism is philosophy, psychology & religion. Philosophy: Some people see Buddhism as finding a way to lead your life differently. Psychology: finding and investigating yourself through mindfulness and meditation. Religion: Certain beliefs. Each sect has different practices, but almost all of them practice The Four Noble Truths. Suffering: We all suffer personally,…
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Dream Yoga
Luke shared his recent reading and learning of Tibetan dream yoga. He read the book ” The Tibetan Yogas of Dream and Sleep” by Tenzin Wangyal. We had a great discussion about dreams. Raphael also shared a book, “Limitless” by Jim Kwik. You can see Raphael’s ikebana and haiku in this post.
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Ikebana and haiku by the student, Raphael Whitten
Whispers of farewellGracefully plunging to earthA leaf finds solace -Raphael Whitten 10/6/2022
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Nan’s experience with the tea ceremony
Shared by Nan During a winter Sesshin in Dallas last year in December, I was partaking in a tea ceremony with my group. This was a journal from my experience. During the tea ceremony, I was holding a very small cup … the tea server poured the tea inside my cup … everything was done…
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