http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AnamCaraZenBuddhistChurchOfEnlightenment/ AnamCaraZenBuddhistChurchOfEnlightenment Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:59:02 GMT ldydanu9 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AnamCaraZenBuddhistChurchOfEnlightenment/message/283 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AnamCaraZenBuddhistChurchOfEnlightenment/message/283 One of the things that most nourishes true compassion is clarity?when we know what we are thinking and know what we are feeling. This clarity differentiates Wed, 22 Jul 2009 07:30:50 GMT Andrea http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AnamCaraZenBuddhistChurchOfEnlightenment/message/282 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AnamCaraZenBuddhistChurchOfEnlightenment/message/282 A contemporary Zen master has said that "Zen is picking up your coat from the floor and hanging it up." Nothing could be simpler. Yet how difficult! There is Sun, 21 Jun 2009 06:05:28 GMT Andrea http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AnamCaraZenBuddhistChurchOfEnlightenment/message/281 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AnamCaraZenBuddhistChurchOfEnlightenment/message/281 Elder's Meditation of the Day June 20 "But in the Indian Spirit the land is still vested; it will be until other men are able to divine and meet its rhythm. Wed, 03 Jun 2009 03:57:34 GMT Andrea http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AnamCaraZenBuddhistChurchOfEnlightenment/message/280 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AnamCaraZenBuddhistChurchOfEnlightenment/message/280 Make Peace with Your Mind For the spiritual power of peace to touch every person on this earth, it must radiate out from a profound peace within our own mind: Mon, 18 May 2009 18:50:06 GMT Andrea http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AnamCaraZenBuddhistChurchOfEnlightenment/message/279 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AnamCaraZenBuddhistChurchOfEnlightenment/message/279 When those we're closest to see through our illusions and point out our self-centered mistakes, we quickly get defensive, and if they don't stop we may become Fri, 08 May 2009 17:51:37 GMT Andrea http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AnamCaraZenBuddhistChurchOfEnlightenment/message/278 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AnamCaraZenBuddhistChurchOfEnlightenment/message/278 Sometimes informally called "Buddha's birthday," it actually encompasses the birth, enlightenment Nirvana, and passing (Parinirvana) of Gautama Buddha. In Tue, 05 May 2009 18:44:56 GMT Andrea http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AnamCaraZenBuddhistChurchOfEnlightenment/message/277 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AnamCaraZenBuddhistChurchOfEnlightenment/message/277 Most westerners are familiar with Zen Buddhism. Although D.T. Suzuki's writings popularized that order of Buddhist thought in America, Suzuki also had deep Tue, 05 May 2009 18:43:23 GMT Andrea http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AnamCaraZenBuddhistChurchOfEnlightenment/message/276 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AnamCaraZenBuddhistChurchOfEnlightenment/message/276 Digesting Mindfulness Cultivating mindfulness is not unlike the process of eating. It would be absurd to propose that someone else eat for you. And when you go Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:54:15 GMT Andrea http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AnamCaraZenBuddhistChurchOfEnlightenment/message/275 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AnamCaraZenBuddhistChurchOfEnlightenment/message/275 Your Actions vs. Your Beliefs When we ask what makes a happy and meaningful life, one problem that can arise is the tendency to respond with an answer that Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:12:58 GMT Andrea http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AnamCaraZenBuddhistChurchOfEnlightenment/message/274 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AnamCaraZenBuddhistChurchOfEnlightenment/message/274 Most westerners are familiar with Zen Buddhism. Although D.T. Suzuki's writings popularized that order of Buddhist thought in America, Suzuki also had deep Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:10:39 GMT Andrea http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AnamCaraZenBuddhistChurchOfEnlightenment/message/273 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AnamCaraZenBuddhistChurchOfEnlightenment/message/273 will continue. Sorry for any inconvience. Mon, 06 Apr 2009 14:08:40 GMT Andrea http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AnamCaraZenBuddhistChurchOfEnlightenment/message/272 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AnamCaraZenBuddhistChurchOfEnlightenment/message/272 The Path to True Happiness Everything in life changes. The path to true happiness is one of integrating and fully accepting all aspects of our experience. This Sun, 05 Apr 2009 12:35:32 GMT Andrea http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AnamCaraZenBuddhistChurchOfEnlightenment/message/271 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AnamCaraZenBuddhistChurchOfEnlightenment/message/271 Becoming Real Many people have the misconception that spiritual life or religious life is somewhere up there in the sky?an ethereal or mystical reality?and Sat, 04 Apr 2009 16:49:47 GMT Andrea http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AnamCaraZenBuddhistChurchOfEnlightenment/message/270 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AnamCaraZenBuddhistChurchOfEnlightenment/message/270 You Can Be Happy Right Now Many of us think that happiness is not possible in the present moment. Most of us believe that there are a few more conditions that Mon, 16 Mar 2009 09:01:47 GMT Andrea http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AnamCaraZenBuddhistChurchOfEnlightenment/message/269 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AnamCaraZenBuddhistChurchOfEnlightenment/message/269 Nan-in, a Japanese master during the Meiji era (1868-1912), received a university professor who came to inquire about Zen. Nan-in served tea. He poured his