FILL YOUR HEART
Daily Zen Sensei Michael Brunner, Ottawa, IL | Founder & Abbot Daily Zen Sensei Michael Brunner, Ottawa, IL | Founder & Abbot

FILL YOUR HEART

Our daily practice helps us widen our window of tolerance so we can face what is coming up for us openly and without judgment. When we experience this way, our relationship with pain and suffering transforms…

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SEE THE CONTEXT
Daily Zen Sensei Michael Brunner, Ottawa, IL | Founder & Abbot Daily Zen Sensei Michael Brunner, Ottawa, IL | Founder & Abbot

SEE THE CONTEXT

Sometimes we get so fixated on our point of view that we see everything through the lens of our conceptual understanding. There's an old saying that "if you only have a hammer, then everything looks like a nail". 

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EXPLORE DEVOTION
Daily Zen Sensei Michael Brunner, Ottawa, IL | Founder & Abbot Daily Zen Sensei Michael Brunner, Ottawa, IL | Founder & Abbot

EXPLORE DEVOTION

When we place our hearts and our longings outside of the realm of the small self, we create the possibility of wonder. In this place, we explore the boundlessness that is our true nature.

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SHIN JIN MEI | 信心銘 DAY ONE: Introduction
Shin Jin Mei Sensei Michael Brunner, Ottawa, IL | Founder & Abbot Shin Jin Mei Sensei Michael Brunner, Ottawa, IL | Founder & Abbot

SHIN JIN MEI | 信心銘 DAY ONE: Introduction

The title, translated as “Faith in Mind” or “Mind of Absolute Trust”, underscores the importance of trusting the direct experience of mind before false views obscure the true mind's inherent perfection.

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

SHIN JIN MEI | 信心銘- DAY FIVE

Perhaps we might meditate more to cultivate greater equanimity in an effort to attain the True Way. But in doing this, we miss the 'deep meaning' of the Way and our efforts are 'to no purpose'.

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