TREELEAF ZENDO PODCAST
Episodes
Wednesday Jul 08, 2009
Whattsa Who'sa Bodhisattva? - The Virtue of Wisdom
Wednesday Jul 08, 2009
Wednesday Jul 08, 2009
Ten Pure Virtues or "Perfections" are fundamental to the Bodhisattva path.
Now we come to Wisdom (Prajna Paramita)
In Mahayana Buddhism, this means seeing into, piercing ... emptiness ...
being, allowing, witnessing and losing ourselves in ... the dance of emptiness ...
Tuesday Jun 30, 2009
Whattsa Who'sa Bodhisattva? - The Virtue of Meditation
Tuesday Jun 30, 2009
Tuesday Jun 30, 2009
On Today's "Top Ten" Countdown of the "Pure Virtues of the Bodhisattva" ...
... we come to No. 5 ... Meditation .. Dhyana ...
(not to be confused with the 50's song 'Diana' ...
Hold me, darling, ho-ho hold me tight Squeeze me baby with-a all your might
Oh, please stay by me, Diana Oh, please, Diana Oh, please, Diana Oh, please, Diana)
Anyway, we spoke about this just a few days ago, in looking at Master Dogen's 'Bendowa" ... how 'Zazen' may thus appear to be well down the list ... just one of many Buddhist practices ...
... but is better seen as the very center of all ... Zazen as the heart & foundation of the Bodhisattva Virtues.
Zazen is the spindle which makes the whole record spin, baby! (for those old folks who remember 'records')
And if you think too that Zazen's just some narrow form of 'meditation' ... a little tool, bit of a mind trip, some one hit wonder ...
... change that tune!
Like that song says ...
You and I will be as free As the birds up in the trees ... Dhyana