Cutting the Thread: The Practice of Rinzai-Style Sitting Meditation In the dense weave of daily existence, it is easy to become entangled in the self-made threads of identity, thought, and habitual reaction. Rinzai Zen meditation provides a direct method for confronting and severing these threads, allowing practitioners to return to a raw immediacy beyond conceptual …
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An argument against Internet Zen and the hollow swagger of spiritual reductionism Zen is not a worldview. It is not a philosophy. It's not Buddhism dressed in modern skepticism(in fact it very well isn't concerned with buddhism and 8fp, 4NT dynamics at all), and it certainly is not spiritual materialism for people too clever to …
🍵 “Leaves in, water on, sip slow.”“投叶入杯，水注其中，慢慢品饮。” I drink tea the way I train and sit: simple, direct, no ceremony. I’m not interested in delicate glassware or curated rituals. I want something I can do every day without thinking about it. That’s what grandpa style is. Grandpa style means you take a big mug or …
Fighting Empty 