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Thanks for the video. As I understand it's more a beginner gide because breath in not an objective in traditional zazen. There's no objectives in zazen at all, but rather raw experiencing of "being".

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Thanks for a clear and deep talk on a very elusive organization of the personality. It seems that the reflection on an experience and then identifying with it and keeping it in memory makes the personality seem solid. I will listen to it again. The Zen Gateway is a great website with a lot of information and practices. Wonderful!

Very useful! Thank you

thank you for the videos!

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What will happen at the end is that you will be sent into The First Bardo, of The Tibetan Book of the Dead. It will start before your actual human death and you are tested for latent desires. Don't reach out for anything of the material world, and you may escape.

thank you! very helpful

Theravadins often claim that you can see your past lives directly through concentration (jhana; upon leaving which you can direct your mind to see them). Do you subscribe to this view? Have you had direct knowledge of this sort? This is an important question to answer if we want to help build confidence among practicioners. Unfortunately, what I've heard here has been answered in the same fashion in countless places, and does not inspire confidence. I'm humbly asking for help, please give us a more straightforward asnwer, so that people like myself can benefit. Thanks! ps. not asking out of curiosity, I find it genuinely an obstacle in my practice and a hinderance regarding which practices to focus on. Getting a firm answer would be very helpful.

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Of course, it's very materialist. It's called Casual Determinism.

I think you are one of the best channels ever. I am subscribed and also to your web site. I truly enjoy and appreciate your teachings. You introduced this teaching with "that old chestnut" and I would just like to say that it is not nor ever will be "that old chestnut" IMHO. "That old chestnut" is part of the sacred mysteries of life itself and we can never have enough teachings or understandings of it. My whole life is thanks to my karma. My future life will be thanks to my karma. My past lives were also created by my karma. It is never ending until we transcend it and "that old chestnut" is a deep mystery that should be taught and retaught with the greatest of respect. We need to bring back an understanding of karma in the west and introducing it by calling it "that old chestnut" is doing a great disservice (dare I write desecration?) to the profundity of what it is , how we live it and how we understand it and transmit it. I think you are an excellent teacher but I am prepared to stand alone (if necessary) in my opinions and living experience of karma. It is a recurring truth that needs be explained, discussed over and over again. “We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time." (T.S.E) With much metta and gratitude to you.

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Hello, just wondering why a lot of these talks are cut off? Is there a way to hear the whole thing and get the whole message

lots of 'uh' s

That thumbnail is a shocker.

Everything point he begins to make alwasy fizzles out, with no point ever being made. Reflective of his way of speaking, gulp speak, fizzle.

This is a picture of Zen master Bankei, not Rinzai (Linji).

Excellent posture advice. Thanks for mentioning sitting in a chair. At84 , I can’t sit on the cushion anymore.

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13:00 in yes, but there are things we must do as in the point, what is the priority ie washing up, moving, the right thing at the right time, but when the I avoiding takes the opposite view, so this where the false I, ego takes hold. It is utterly paradoxical why simplicity, why sharing, why questioning exploring, analysis and not stopping. It is allowing the tension.. Then seeing, yes what is it about doing this that is difficult etc, yes jump into it do it with all ones being once we've decided it's right no matter how others think or feel, so the prisoner is released soon as the authorities see his remorse his model behaviour in that his insight grows and the prison is peacefull, but if he rebels then endlessly he is imprisoned. Yes I totally agree the right use of the body, garden, keep fit, yoga DIY etc... God. Bless

Great content BUT you are taking far too long to get to the salient point, I, me the tendency to play games and behave in ways which are not integrated, genuine and honest and then further explore and question. From being to transcendence, I try to use zen to highlite Christian teachings, I try to say any approach that can be by man turned into a way a systematic religious traditional system is open to abuse, we are conditioned from childhood to believe things which on closer examination are not true. So on, the whole human race is trapped in this, the truth is... It cannot be put into words it is as flexible and fluid as smoke as fine as hair as indestructible as rock, this position less, purpose less being - non being, sometimes I feel a long walk or just sitting in the deep stillness and peace shh.. all becomes translucent and free as a chalk board had been wiped, in these moments I may glimpse, my True Nature, My Big Mind, My expansive heart.

Any Drug Addict Masters This! Easy!

Thank you. I am recovering from years of chronic illness. Zen practices have helped me to cope and thrive mentally and now I can meditate more. I am starting to move and strengthen my physical body and combine that with mental practices. It is a physical beginning late in life. Beginner's mind towards basic physical functioning, non judgement. Embarking. I am looking forward to a journey into zazen.

Hey what a surprise , were searching your channel but couldn't even remember the name correctly, thanks for bumping into this fool.

And not even talked about lotus position. And why are the eyed closed at times?

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I wish I had discovered this channel sooner! 🕰️🔍

Thank you. I love the art you use for these videos, where does it come from?

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Thank you for this, Martin! The concept of no-I, non-self is both challenging and liberating at the same time. I WANT to get better at applying it!

Just wanted to say I think you're doing a great job at sharing the wisdom of Zen. Keep up the good work brother!

Great Dharma Talk, Martin! Much appreciated!

Thanks for this guidance! The creation of a shrine is a work in progress.

Was listening to one of your Summer School talks this morning, from a few years back Martin. Great, thank you! (Sorry about the syntax, I'm Welsh, see boyo.)

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Awesome artwork of Buddha!

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Christianised Zen, with accompanying superiority complex.

I always thought of the "I" as a movie, nobody would say a movie is real, but also nobody would say a movie doesn't exist either as a movie...

“I think, therefore I am” -René Descartes

Is there any way to achieve inner balance and interconnectedness without telling the mind a story related to it?

Sounds very Daoist in places. Lao Tzu and Chuang Tzu were most likely zen masters before the term was known.

This is a very useful practice. Sometimes Zen commentators make practice more complicated than need be.

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