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A Heart Sutra Journey | Part Six
The Heart Sutra Sensei Michael Brunner, Ottawa, IL | Founder & Abbot 10/20/21 The Heart Sutra Sensei Michael Brunner, Ottawa, IL | Founder & Abbot 10/20/21

A Heart Sutra Journey | Part Six

“…thus completely releiving misfortune and pain. O Shariputra…”

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SHIN JIN MEI | 信心銘- DAY NINE
Shin Jin Mei Sensei Michael Brunner, Ottawa, IL | Founder & Abbot 10/19/21 Shin Jin Mei Sensei Michael Brunner, Ottawa, IL | Founder & Abbot 10/19/21

SHIN JIN MEI | 信心銘- DAY NINE

People often try to stress the absolute as a 'right' concept - and dualism as 'wrong'. This is not the nature of oneness.

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A Heart Sutra Journey | Part Seven
The Heart Sutra Sensei Michael Brunner, Ottawa, IL | Founder & Abbot 10/19/21 The Heart Sutra Sensei Michael Brunner, Ottawa, IL | Founder & Abbot 10/19/21

A Heart Sutra Journey | Part Seven

“…form is no other than emptiness; emptiness no other than form…”

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SHIN JIN MEI | 信心銘- DAY TEN
Shin Jin Mei Sensei Michael Brunner, Ottawa, IL | Founder & Abbot 10/18/21 Shin Jin Mei Sensei Michael Brunner, Ottawa, IL | Founder & Abbot 10/18/21

SHIN JIN MEI | 信心銘- DAY TEN

When we put away wordiness and intellection, the universe opens up and there is nowhere we cannot pass freely. All in this very present moment.

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A Heart Sutra Journey | Part Eight
The Heart Sutra Sensei Michael Brunner, Ottawa, IL | Founder & Abbot 10/18/21 The Heart Sutra Sensei Michael Brunner, Ottawa, IL | Founder & Abbot 10/18/21

A Heart Sutra Journey | Part Eight

“Form is exactly emptiness, emptiness exactly form. Sensation, conception, discrimination, awareness are likewise like this.”

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SHIN JIN MEI | 信心銘- DAY ELEVEN
Shin Jin Mei Sensei Michael Brunner, Ottawa, IL | Founder & Abbot 10/17/21 Shin Jin Mei Sensei Michael Brunner, Ottawa, IL | Founder & Abbot 10/17/21

SHIN JIN MEI | 信心銘- DAY ELEVEN

Just as we return to the breath when we sit meditation, let's return to the root throughout our day and experience wholly and directly.

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A Heart Sutra Journey | Part Nine
The Heart Sutra Sensei Michael Brunner, Ottawa, IL | Founder & Abbot 10/17/21 The Heart Sutra Sensei Michael Brunner, Ottawa, IL | Founder & Abbot 10/17/21

A Heart Sutra Journey | Part Nine

“O Shariputra, all dharma are forms of emptiness; not born, not destroyed; not stained, not pure; without loss, without gain.“

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SHIN JIN MEI | 信心銘- DAY TWELVE
Shin Jin Mei Sensei Michael Brunner, Ottawa, IL | Founder & Abbot 10/16/21 Shin Jin Mei Sensei Michael Brunner, Ottawa, IL | Founder & Abbot 10/16/21

SHIN JIN MEI | 信心銘- DAY TWELVE

The small self working furiously to make sense of inside and outside is put to rest and we recognize the boundlessness of our true and original nature.

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A Heart Sutra Journey | Part Ten
The Heart Sutra Sensei Michael Brunner, Ottawa, IL | Founder & Abbot 10/16/21 The Heart Sutra Sensei Michael Brunner, Ottawa, IL | Founder & Abbot 10/16/21

A Heart Sutra Journey | Part Ten

“So in emptiness there is no form, no sensation, conception, discrimination, awareness;”

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SHIN JIN MEI | 信心銘- DAY THIRTEEN
Shin Jin Mei Sensei Michael Brunner, Ottawa, IL | Founder & Abbot 10/15/21 Shin Jin Mei Sensei Michael Brunner, Ottawa, IL | Founder & Abbot 10/15/21

SHIN JIN MEI | 信心銘- DAY THIRTEEN

When we are focused on the concepts created by the factions of small mind, there is a connecting-the-dots exercise to construct a reality out of nothingness.

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