When we talk about practice, we are talking about adjustment. If we have the ability to adjust our emotions and moods, it means we have flexibility. We can generate a different thought to fit the reality. It is essential to have flexibility. In Zen practice, there is a saying: “The most wonderful mind is like… READ MORE

Accept the reality. The reality tells us if we are right or wrong. Students occasionally ask me about how to prepare for meditation. In reply, I ask a question: Do you need to prepare to generate an angry thought? Then, you do not need to prepare. You just meditate.” Such a student might also ask,… READ MORE

In Zen Buddhism we talk about sitting Zen, which is commonly called sitting or quiet sitting but also Zen sitting. None of the methods and ideas of sitting Zen deviates from the purpose of restraining all the phenomena created by the mind. Without the mind, there is no phenomenon. For every function arises from the… READ MORE

The mind has no form. Thoughts are energy, material things are energy, and reality is energy. Thoughts come from the mind, and reality comes from the mind. Therefore, in the whole universe there is only one cause, one creator: your mind. Thoughts are not the cause that results in the reality, because thoughts are generated… READ MORE