This week’s Zen story is another one about ordinariness. It’s a story about Bankai from a long time ago. It’s about how we are always hankering for miracles and magic. Islam includes this An interesting little tidbit about Mohammed, and tribal society at the time of Mohammed, was they didn’t like miracles either. The reason …
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Finding Reality
What would it be like if we stopped looking for miracles. That’s what this week’s Zen story is about. We might actually find reality. Reality is that place where nothing is broken.
Bankai’s Miracle
Here’s another story about Bankai. One day he’s sitting there with his disciples just quietly teaching. Having a moment, maybe a cup of tea. When a disciple of another sect comes walking up and he says, “Bankai. My master can stand on one side of the river with a brush in his hand and write …
Sweetgrass & Zen
Zoom Meeting: Tuesday Eve: Jan 10, 2023. 7:00 pm Mountain Time There is an intersection between Eastern enlightenment, teachings and Native American wisdom that can be accessed when we let the concepts that are confusing us in our minds relax. This allows our natural intuition, our natural normal self, to start interacting with the world. …
Everyone You Meet
This week’s Zen stories are telling us that the enlightened master, the enlightened person, is a very simple ordinary person… in fact the enlightened person might be the only ordinary person. This is the only person who is not hankering to become something else, or pretending to be something else. This is important to understand …
Mullas Clothes
So one day, Mulla Nasrudin showed up in a nearby town for an appointment, stark naked. Everyone was shocked. They’re like, “Mulla! What’s the deal? What’s going on?” Mulla shrugged and said, “I was in such a hurry to get dressed, I forgot my clothes.” The ordinary spiritual teacher can be spacey too.
Looking for Ordinariness
This week’s Zen stories are about ordinariness. And just think. You don’t have to strive for ordinariness. You don’t have to look for that. All you have to do is relax because you are already it.
Bankai The Gardener
https://youtu.be/1WYSK2nSQyY A long time ago in the land of Zen, there was a great master whose name was Bankai. He had a small ashram up in the mountains, and disciples would come traveling up to find him. One day he was out working in the garden and such a fellow came along. This seeker walked …