The Fruits of Zen Practice

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  • Опубликовано: 15 янв 2025

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  • @JeffMinde
    @JeffMinde 12 лет назад +18

    This is a very fine video which sticks to the central point of Zen, without bells and gongs and incense, without robes, and without unnecessary flourishes. In short, Zen.

  • @GotThaPeng
    @GotThaPeng 12 лет назад +24

    I recommend watching this -
    Zen - Introduction to zen practice / full version - Taigen Shodo Harada Roshi
    If you are replacing a thought, with a thought of gratitude, you are not living in the present moment, you are still up in your mind too much, simply live in the present moment, study the noble eightfold path, the four noble truths, dependent arising, three marks of existence, any thoughts that crop up simply need be recognized and dropped, bringing concentration back to the present.

    • @purplesun3792
      @purplesun3792 4 года назад +3

      This is true, but we should still be grateful

  • @klim2177
    @klim2177 Месяц назад

    Thank you for being a light!

  • @mindrolling24
    @mindrolling24 9 лет назад +32

    The observation of Dogen- that the mind is the mountains, the oceans, the stars and so on- is a recurring truth and source of inspiration for me. I've been fortunate enough to experience the deep knowing of this and it is a wonderful realisation that results in a great feeling of contentment and unbounded joy.

    • @mindrolling24
      @mindrolling24 8 лет назад +8

      +Kalil Sarraff You will probably like this quote from Allan Watts then: "You are an aperture through which the universe is looking and exploring itself....through your eyes, the universe is perceiving itself". This blew my mind and now I meditate on it every day! :)

    • @mindrolling24
      @mindrolling24 8 лет назад +1

      +Kalil Sarraff You're most welcome :)

  • @jackreads
    @jackreads 4 года назад +6

    This is an amazing video thanks for making it. Really incredible and inspiring summary of zen and the nature of the universe

  • @leighmcdowell
    @leighmcdowell 12 лет назад +7

    Beautiful film. Well made. The content shines through in a way close to everyday reality. And underneath it all, are the same things said by all those steeped in the spiritual life: compassion, wholeness, opening up the self to love-with the capital L. Beautiful, inspiring film. Thanks for sharing.

  • @learnerlearns
    @learnerlearns 12 лет назад +2

    This is a concise and cogent lecture punctuated by beautifully relevant images that one global banker does not understand in his desire to own & dominate everything.

  • @latronbrown
    @latronbrown 12 лет назад +7

    Thank you! Very powerful insights.

  • @draintesm
    @draintesm 15 лет назад +2

    Thank you for the great video. I've sat with Ruben Habito a couple of times on retreats. Hopefully I can go back this year.

  • @JayWeik
    @JayWeik 15 лет назад +6

    Beautiful. Thank you for putting this together!

  • @Tigrimitry
    @Tigrimitry 12 лет назад +5

    Magnificent video! Thank you for sharing it!

  • @digitalcommunism
    @digitalcommunism 5 лет назад +2

    superb 👌
    the essence of zen in less then 10 minutes

  • @emmanuelblake5555
    @emmanuelblake5555 8 лет назад +2

    Awesome video! Wow!!

  • @louisdelmar6853
    @louisdelmar6853 2 года назад

    Most excellent clarification!

  • @BrandenBrazil
    @BrandenBrazil 3 года назад +1

    A lovely teaching!

  • @iktomi5
    @iktomi5 9 лет назад +4

    Awesome👍blessed to listen🙏

  • @Longhornzrock96
    @Longhornzrock96 14 лет назад

    had first visit last week. enjoyed every second. plan to attend this weekend

  • @sebastianm8028
    @sebastianm8028 5 лет назад +1

    This was beautiful, thank you very much!

  • @gabrielgouveia554
    @gabrielgouveia554 4 года назад +2

    This video is underrated...

  • @MichaelSmith-uf1cp
    @MichaelSmith-uf1cp 12 лет назад +1

    I have no words to describe this video...awesome comes to mind, but falls short to describe..be well...

  • @rajalaxmitripathy4269
    @rajalaxmitripathy4269 8 лет назад +1

    Beautiful video

  • @Dyslexic-Artist-Theory-on-Time
    @Dyslexic-Artist-Theory-on-Time 7 лет назад +1

    Beautiful!!!

  • @jamesphillips4184
    @jamesphillips4184 7 лет назад +1

    This is an excellent video, thank you :)

  • @GotThaPeng
    @GotThaPeng 12 лет назад +1

    Zen is awareness of the moment, it is not thinking, a thought has a way of pulling concentration away from the present moment, all things are as they are, all thoughts and feelings are created in the mind, if one shifts concentration to a thought, it is giving power to that thought, like connecting a power source to a appliance, in turn it affects the way you perceive things, simply register the thought and then abandon it, shifting concentration on reality, all things are as they are, peace

  • @maiasingersongwriter
    @maiasingersongwriter 11 лет назад +19

    con-ZEN-tration :)

  • @thingsofme
    @thingsofme 12 лет назад +1

    Thank you very much!

  • @herberteriksen5170
    @herberteriksen5170 11 лет назад +3

    my mind is blown

  • @seddik6522
    @seddik6522 Год назад

    Amazing video !! I have a question, how does one arrive at a state of No Mind (stop thoughts), what exactly should be done to stop anxiety? Thank you 🙏🙏

    • @joakimdernebo8400
      @joakimdernebo8400 Год назад

      Do zazen on a regularly basis. Use your breath as an anchor. Deepen your samadhi slowly over time. Increase the time you sitting. Do this sincerely and you will experience it.

  • @SamEuphoria
    @SamEuphoria 8 лет назад +1

    Exquisite video. The third fruit is samadhi.... That's when life becomes RICH

  • @worthmoremusic
    @worthmoremusic 12 лет назад +8

    mind is everything.....everything is mind _/\_

  • @mujaku
    @mujaku 13 лет назад +1

    In the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch Hui-neng - let's call it the Bible of traditional Zen - there is no mention at all of "awakening to the dynamic reality of each present moment." Hui-neng said:" To attain supreme enlightenment, one must be able to know spontaneously one's own nature or Essence of Mind, which is neither created nor can it be annihilated."

  • @JoshuaBerrios69
    @JoshuaBerrios69 12 лет назад

    Great teaching! :DD

  • @benrusher581
    @benrusher581 3 года назад

    every word sings!

  • @yokeboonfong4565
    @yokeboonfong4565 6 лет назад

    Good video.

  • @charlesdarwin321
    @charlesdarwin321 13 лет назад

    @MrUlutraman
    it's not to stop thought at all, but to change HOW you think. To get outside of preconceptions and learned patterns of being. To be more aware of what is, and what is not.
    You mention it, to show people the door, but only they can step through it.
    The application in everyday life is societal, collectivism, how to work as a unit for the betterment of the individuals within the unit. No man is an island.
    We do know it by experience, united we stand, divided we fall.

  • @MrReinhardj
    @MrReinhardj 10 лет назад +1

    Beautiful

  • @Patricia-bk1en
    @Patricia-bk1en 5 лет назад

    Thanks

  • @virenderyadav707
    @virenderyadav707 2 года назад

    🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

  • @honeybadger2801
    @honeybadger2801 2 года назад

    🔥

  • @herraverne
    @herraverne 3 года назад +1

    Can someone explain me: If you are supposed to be present all the time, for example when washing dishes, then when are you supposed to be making plans about for example the next day? I mean, we humans need to plan and think about the past and the future to be able to do things, right?

    • @budte
      @budte 3 года назад

      Make plans for the next day, but not when washing dishes.

  • @GotThaPeng
    @GotThaPeng 12 лет назад

    like the wind protrudes the chimes and makes them dance and sing, such is zen, do not get lost in the illusion of your minds, life is nothing more than a flowing river, it brings much with the current, good or bad?, it is the mind that makes that assumption, be aware of awareness, focus the mind on the present moment, peace my friends.

  • @charlesdarwin321
    @charlesdarwin321 13 лет назад +1

    @MrUlutraman
    when you feed a hungry person, hunger is satisfied, when people are hungry I AM dissatisfied, when they are feed, I AM satisfied, that is justice.
    When you use a blanket to warm someone, your spirit is warmed, justice is fulfilled, goodness is done.
    As for the mountains and valleys, it's a bit more complex of an explanation, and zen has no real strict rule. Essentially, the way I take it, in deep meditation, there is no ego, so hearing a bird chirping, it's full awareness.

  • @jrgranados6769
    @jrgranados6769 7 лет назад

    I had the thoughts of being one and being all. I was everyone and everyone was myself. It was during my acid trip. It was scary yet eye opening. If you have any links relating to this concept please comment them for me please. Thanks

    • @mojo5093
      @mojo5093 6 лет назад

      that's enlightenment, dude
      ego dissolution
      go to actualized.org (youtube channel)

  • @oceanichippie
    @oceanichippie 13 лет назад

    @mujaku Being in the "here and now" allows one to look into the own nature. This good man tries to explain that if we focus on future and past, we will get confused and will be led by our desires and thought.
    Awakening to the moment simply means to stop thinking in terms of future and past, and simply observe everything right here AS IT IS.

  • @madskillzpc
    @madskillzpc 14 лет назад

    Mr. Wilkes sent me here!

  • @josefinabloch
    @josefinabloch 4 года назад

    🙇‍♀️🦋

  • @charlesdarwin321
    @charlesdarwin321 13 лет назад

    @MrUlutraman
    When they say, we are all one, or interconnected, you have to understand what that means. Physically speaking, every atom in my body, is having an effect on every atom in your body, right now, that's just laws of physics.
    But the thing with zazen is, eventually, you attain nonduality, you see clearly, when everyone sees clearly, they will know they they are essentially one and same. Ego is what separates, when others are as important as the self, we are one.

  • @mujaku
    @mujaku 13 лет назад

    @FearThisChannel The transcendent, for example, the dharmakaya, is timeless and by implication devoid of moments. The real goal of Zen is to see pure Mind which is the same as tathata (suchness-substance). Always the great Zen master speak of pure Mind or universal Mind or the unborn Mind or Buddha Mind, and so on. This Mind is both substantial and animative. To awaken to it is bodhicittotpada. One then begins the life of a bodhisattva going up the bhumis.

  • @AriEl-jr6dk
    @AriEl-jr6dk 6 лет назад

    ❤❤❤⚘⚘⚘

  • @mariannacarletta
    @mariannacarletta 3 года назад

    What about joriki? That's part of concentration and it includes being in the here and now but joriki is more than that, no?

    • @ZenAndPsychedelicHealingCenter
      @ZenAndPsychedelicHealingCenter 2 года назад +1

      Joriki is a concomitant as it were of concentration. In a sense there is only here and now. So nothing is outside of that. But also, joriki can be seen as a quality of dynamic energy that is more evident if one has learned to be more centered, less resistant to the present, if one has trained in a discipline such as Zazen in particular. In doing such things, we waste far less energy in our usual monkey mind business. That energy is then more freely available to us and can manifest in how we walk, talk, open a door, in every way.

  • @evilfives555555
    @evilfives555555 11 лет назад +5

    the 3 fruits of zen are mango,pineapple,and coconut

  • @oceanichippie
    @oceanichippie 13 лет назад

    @mujaku Well, by awakening to the dynamic reality of each present moment, one is enabled to look into one's own nature, since evertyhing will then be seen as a "part" of you.

  • @davereid-daly2205
    @davereid-daly2205 3 года назад

    Centering in Zen training is not a philosophical idea or concept. Its origin lies in martial arts and refers to the dynamic orientation of the center of gravity within the human body. When a person has conflicting mental attitudes these will affect the tonal quality of the body, which by virtue of its relationship, will effect how softly the body sits itself on the floor. In Zen this is referred to as "Rest." Meditation, in this context, challenges the individual to find the place within him or herself where this state of "Rest" occurs. This is what gives Zen its peculiar characteristics and separates it out from other approaches of meditation. Finding rest within the body is more than just biomechanical as it requires deep experiential training that awakens separate identifiable pathways that connect our outer physical and emotional experiences with our physiology. To access these pathways requires a very specific non-verbal, non-cognitive approach. This is why teaching Zen is so difficult because the student is required to access these pathways by feeling the sensory motion as it pulses through each network. This is the basis of awakening and why you can't pretend that it's happening because its physiological before our mental states catch up. In Zen there are 16 physiological sequential mile stones which we look for that will tell us how far along the path a novice has come and what still lies ahead. For the novice or enquirer its frustrating because no one will tell them what to look for in any experience or what any experience might mean. All a master will do is bow towards you, with respect, each time your body subconsciously makes a connection......

  • @MrUlutraman
    @MrUlutraman 13 лет назад

    @charlesdarwin321
    by getting someone to bust his brain on a question, you are in effect stopping him from thinking (anything else)
    "You mention it, to show people the door"
    what for you might be a door for others might be an apple or a rock
    if only through practice can i understand the "we are all one", talk is useles
    unity is one thing, oneness is another
    people have been united for various cause, for a short while, without being "one"

  • @charlesdarwin321
    @charlesdarwin321 13 лет назад

    @MrUlutraman
    It's called gravitation.
    All because you don't register something, does not mean it isn't having an effect, or isn't there.
    Neutrinos are currently passing through you as we speak, yet you aren't aware at all.
    Essentially, zen is merely about expanding your ego, beyond the self, that is why buddhism says, no self. Not because you aren't there, but because a more pure level of awareness is beyond or below the ego.
    When you sit in meditation, the truth becomes known.

  • @charlesdarwin321
    @charlesdarwin321 13 лет назад

    @MrUlutraman
    But that's just it, that's a misunderstanding of zen, there is no concrete, the problem is trying to apply logical, to a state inherently beyond it.
    That's the entire point of koans, they don't necessarily seem logical, to jerk you out of the preconceived ways of thinking, to better comprehend what non-duality or no-self is.
    Essentially "the truth that can be stated, is not the eternal truth"
    The only way to know zen or buddhism, is through practice, not words.

    • @captainhowdy6671
      @captainhowdy6671 5 лет назад

      Have a conversation about talking.
      Make a speech about verbal communication.
      Your welcome!

  • @madskillzpc
    @madskillzpc 14 лет назад

    @NejiOisOawesome Michael Chen :]

  • @igotbluesdevils
    @igotbluesdevils 6 лет назад

    The universe gives us *unconditional love*? Are you joshing me? How.. what?

    • @rr7firefly
      @rr7firefly 5 лет назад

      Perhaps you do not see that because of your conditioning. I would think you were brought up in the U.S. or some country with similar values.
      Zen is not anti-American or anti-anything. But it will require a revolution in your thinking. It is not something you have been programmed to do.
      Just keep an open mind. You can start by pondering this thought: "See yourself in others. See others in yourself." That is a good beginning.

    • @captainhowdy6671
      @captainhowdy6671 5 лет назад

      Talk about talking, but with yourself

  • @MrUlutraman
    @MrUlutraman 13 лет назад

    @charlesdarwin321
    like i said "its so miniscule it doesnt register, so it is like having no effect"
    gravitation and neutrinos dont register an effect, they dont matter
    i understand the philosophical "we are all one"
    but when you look at it practically, we are not.
    if i feed a hungry person, i do not satisfy my hunger
    if i am cold, putting a blanket over another person who is also cold doesnt warm me, i m still cold
    also the mind isnt the mountains and valleys. come on

  • @MrUlutraman
    @MrUlutraman 13 лет назад

    @charlesdarwin321
    "every atom in my body, is having an effect on every atom in your body, right now, that's just laws of physics."
    i dont know what effect you speak of, but even if it does, its so miniscule it doesnt register, so it is like having no effect

  • @jeevankumargurung2438
    @jeevankumargurung2438 4 года назад

    I don't understand zen buddhism in japan.

  • @igotbluesdevils
    @igotbluesdevils 6 лет назад +1

    We are one, why? What does this mean? What does it mean? I have an idea, but I friggin want to know what you mean, by, "we are one". We are one WHAT?

    • @lepsze
      @lepsze 6 лет назад

      There is no one or separate. No I or We. Not being or not-being. No fullness or emptiness. Not even just like that since there is no observer, no experience and relation.
      Here I should paste some haiku that would just make things even more vague. :)

    • @ozgursenturk11-11
      @ozgursenturk11-11 6 лет назад +1

      David, I will share my experience with you. I meditated 3 times a day for about an hour each session for a year then one day, I sat too long that my perception of being in a body which is breathing constantly dissolved. So at that moment, there was no body, no body which is breathing or thinking. Then at that exact second light hits my third eye, and there was nothing, I mean NO THING, like as a material existence, as a thing... so there was nothing but only "one thing"... some people call it GOD, some call it universal energy or divine power... but it was it... only thing that was exist in that millisecond was "that".... so when we say " we are ONE" that oneness comes from that one Thing... which is nothing and also everything... so you, me, others whoever reaches that state of being will feel the same thing which proves that there is nothing but ONE.
      I AM "THAT" I AM❤🙏🏼

    • @gra6649
      @gra6649 6 лет назад +1

      Life is a dream. When you dream there seems to be many different things, and people in it. But in truth it is just one mind. I had a dream once. In that dream I was sitting at a round table with a bunch of my friends. Someone said "If this is a dream, who's dreaming it"? I remember thinking "Well it's my dream, so I must be dreaming it." Then I remember thinking that if I were to let go of the ownership of the dream then anyone, or anything within the dream could claim the dream, because it was all illuminated by one mind. Seeing ones life like this is to be one. It's like a diamond, there are many facets, but only one diamond. You are not something, but you are not nothing. This is not annihilation, this is inclusion. Or another way of putting it is, the universe happens in your head.

  • @BrigittePatrice4750
    @BrigittePatrice4750 5 лет назад

    The idea of personality, the idea of me, is just another program on the layers of Indras web. its an illusion to create the idea of division, duality, to oscillate the infinite fractal kaleidoscope of beautiful samsara

  • @joaosoares2467
    @joaosoares2467 2 года назад

    Gasshô

  • @oceanichippie
    @oceanichippie 13 лет назад

    @mujaku Ok, but how was this a response to what I said? Speak in simple language please, we're not at all born English speakers.

  • @MrUlutraman
    @MrUlutraman 13 лет назад

    @charlesdarwin321
    "when they are feed, I AM satisfied" >not with food though, your stomach is still empty
    "..your spirit is warmed" >that does nothing for my body that is still cold
    you talk theory and i understand it
    but when i talk praxis you refuse to even acknowledge the problem with the theory

  • @jamapoca
    @jamapoca 12 лет назад

    very sorry for you...poor baby...cry,cry...it helps

  • @MrUlutraman
    @MrUlutraman 13 лет назад

    @charlesdarwin321
    the main point of koans is to shortcircuit the mind into stoping thought when out of meditation
    if only zen practicioners can be awakened to the truth of "we are all one" why would they even mention it on so many lectures, talks? isnt that kinda pointless to talk to you about things you cant understand?
    i think the "we are all one" thing is purely philosophical, no application in everyday life.
    if it did, people would know it by experience

    • @MissLilithLilium
      @MissLilithLilium 7 лет назад

      Mr Ulutraman If people truely understood it, we wouldn't be so unhappy, thirsty and divided in personal pursuit of materialism, financial gain, and power while the collective and individual efforts make reality of things like hunger, wage slavery, war, prejudice, classism, pollution, and severe poverty. Everything is one, but it is like a joke only a few who actually get it can laugh at.

    • @MissLilithLilium
      @MissLilithLilium 7 лет назад

      Mr Ulutraman If people truely understood it, we wouldn't be so unhappy, thirsty and divided in personal pursuit of materialism, financial gain, and power while the collective and individual efforts make reality of things like hunger, wage slavery, war, prejudice, classism, pollution, and severe poverty. Everything is one, but it is like a joke only a few who actually get it can laugh at.

    • @ZenAndPsychedelicHealingCenter
      @ZenAndPsychedelicHealingCenter 2 года назад

      Nope!

  • @yoya4766
    @yoya4766 3 года назад

    This man speaks the stock lines. But his being doesn't convey their transcendental meaning. What he talks of isn't enough to eliminate suffering.

  • @mujaku
    @mujaku 13 лет назад

    @FearThisChannel There is no simple way to explain Buddhism to puthujjanas.

  • @oceanichippie
    @oceanichippie 13 лет назад

    @mujaku Time is an illusion. But Mind is everything, such as in Advaita Brahman is everything.
    "The world is illusion. Brahman alone is real. Brahman is the world."
    In other words, your words can never describe what Mind is like or what it is devoid of. Being timeless was no more than an indication it was not bound to causality like in this world. On contrary, this world is. Mind is all, and we cannot grasp this. We cannot understand how it can both be with time and timeless.

  • @ritamargherita
    @ritamargherita 10 лет назад +1

    mu

  • @MrUlutraman
    @MrUlutraman 13 лет назад +1

    i call bullshit
    we are not one, the mind isnt mountains or rivers
    if a person gets shot in the face, that doesnt happen to me
    if a mountain is blown apart, or a river drys out, nothing happens to my mind
    we are not connected, not really

    • @captainhowdy6671
      @captainhowdy6671 5 лет назад

      It can happen to you.
      Pow!
      Right in the face hole.

  • @Ats192
    @Ats192 12 лет назад

    Very painful just trying to listen to him since this is his second language.