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A Heart Sutra Journey | Part Fifteen
The Heart Sutra Sensei Michael Brunner, Ottawa, IL | Founder & Abbot 10/11/21 The Heart Sutra Sensei Michael Brunner, Ottawa, IL | Founder & Abbot 10/11/21

A Heart Sutra Journey | Part Fifteen

“No gain and thus the Bodhisattva lives prajna paramita,…”

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SHIN JIN MEI | 信心銘- DAY EIGHTEEN
Shin Jin Mei Sensei Michael Brunner, Ottawa, IL | Founder & Abbot 10/10/21 Shin Jin Mei Sensei Michael Brunner, Ottawa, IL | Founder & Abbot 10/10/21

SHIN JIN MEI | 信心銘- DAY EIGHTEEN

From the perspective of the Absolute, each and everything contains the myriad ten thousand things - thus there is no separation as the two are not distinguished.

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A Heart Sutra Journey | Part Sixteen
The Heart Sutra Sensei Michael Brunner, Ottawa, IL | Founder & Abbot 10/10/21 The Heart Sutra Sensei Michael Brunner, Ottawa, IL | Founder & Abbot 10/10/21

A Heart Sutra Journey | Part Sixteen

“…with no hindrance in the mind; no hindrance, therefore no fear.”

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THE TEN OXHERDING PICTURES | 十牛図 | II. SPOTTING THE OX'S TRACKS
Ten Oxherding Pictures Sensei Michael Brunner, Ottawa, IL | Founder & Abbot 10/9/21 Ten Oxherding Pictures Sensei Michael Brunner, Ottawa, IL | Founder & Abbot 10/9/21

THE TEN OXHERDING PICTURES | 十牛図 | II. SPOTTING THE OX'S TRACKS

In silence, when our intellect is exhausted, a path begins to be visible as tracks come to the fore.

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SHIN JIN MEI | 信心銘- DAY NINETEEN
Shin Jin Mei Sensei Michael Brunner, Ottawa, IL | Founder & Abbot 10/9/21 Shin Jin Mei Sensei Michael Brunner, Ottawa, IL | Founder & Abbot 10/9/21

SHIN JIN MEI | 信心銘- DAY NINETEEN

By staying here in this moment, and acting skilfully with what comes up, we put away concepts of easy and hard. Just allow for what is needed in the here and now.

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A Heart Sutra Journey | Part Seventeen
The Heart Sutra Sensei Michael Brunner, Ottawa, IL | Founder & Abbot 10/9/21 The Heart Sutra Sensei Michael Brunner, Ottawa, IL | Founder & Abbot 10/9/21

A Heart Sutra Journey | Part Seventeen

“Far beyond deluded thoughts, this is nirvana.”

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THE TEN OXHERDING PICTURES | 十牛図 | III. SEEING THE OX
Ten Oxherding Pictures Sensei Michael Brunner, Ottawa, IL | Founder & Abbot 10/8/21 Ten Oxherding Pictures Sensei Michael Brunner, Ottawa, IL | Founder & Abbot 10/8/21

THE TEN OXHERDING PICTURES | 十牛図 | III. SEEING THE OX

As we are following the tracks, deepening our practice, the glue that holds the small self together becomes less and less effectual and at some point, we catch a glimpse of our true nature.

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SHIN JIN MEI | 信心銘- DAY TWENTY
Shin Jin Mei Sensei Michael Brunner, Ottawa, IL | Founder & Abbot 10/8/21 Shin Jin Mei Sensei Michael Brunner, Ottawa, IL | Founder & Abbot 10/8/21

SHIN JIN MEI | 信心銘- DAY TWENTY

If we can stay awake and abide with what is coming up for us, experiencing directly, things follow their own courses.

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A Heart Sutra Journey | Part Eighteen
The Heart Sutra Sensei Michael Brunner, Ottawa, IL | Founder & Abbot 10/8/21 The Heart Sutra Sensei Michael Brunner, Ottawa, IL | Founder & Abbot 10/8/21

A Heart Sutra Journey | Part Eighteen

“All past, present, and future Buddhas live prajna paramita and therefore attain anuttara-samyak-sambodhi.”

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THE TEN OXHERDING PICTURES | 十牛図 | IV. CAPTURING THE OX
Ten Oxherding Pictures Sensei Michael Brunner, Ottawa, IL | Founder & Abbot 10/7/21 Ten Oxherding Pictures Sensei Michael Brunner, Ottawa, IL | Founder & Abbot 10/7/21

THE TEN OXHERDING PICTURES | 十牛図 | IV. CAPTURING THE OX

There is wrestling with ego - we can now shift our perspective and see it for what it is - strong and stubborn.

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