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Queensland Zen Centre

Locality: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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24.01.2022 "When we take the time to meticulously and quietly observe not only our beliefs but also the source of their creation, right there, is the truth". -- Zen Master Senshin Photo: Prajna House (Qld Zen Centre)

23.01.2022 A reflection on Invasion Day/Australian Day 2020: World-Honoured One, suppose a visitor stops at an inn for a night or for a meal. Once his stay is ended or the meal is finished, he packs his bags and goes on his way. Hes not at leisure to remain. But if he were the innkeeper, he would not leave. By considering this example of the visitor, the one who comes and goes, and the innkeeper, the one who remains, I understood what the visitor signifies. He represents transience. Excerpt from the Surangama Sutra, Host and Guest dialogue, between the Buddha and Ajnata or 'one who understands'.

23.01.2022 Not one care in mind all year I find enough joy every day in my hut and after a meal and a pot of strong tea I sit on a rock by the pond and count fish.... - Stonehouse (from: The Mountain Poems of Stonehouse, Copper Canyon Press)

22.01.2022 In our attachment to our physicality, we lose sight of that which lives through it. That which sees, that which feels, that which smells, that which hates, and that which is listening to this talk. We hold onto that external aspect of our being without experiencing the force that manifests as the running our physical being. What is that? Click here to read the full Dharma talk - http://www.queenslandzencentre.com/dharma-talks.html

21.01.2022 Our recent Opening Ceremony of Prajna House - our brand new practice space in Annerley. Zen Master Sen Shin is giving Dharma Talks every Saturday from 9am-10.30am through until the end of March. After the talk, there will be a walking/sitting period followed by sutra chanting. Everyone who has an interest in Zen Buddhist training is welcome! Please email Bulshim on [email protected] if you'd like to attend. She will provide you with further details, including the street address. Ho Kwang (Rachel)

20.01.2022 "From the origin, every single human being has within them been endowed with Great Wisdom. And it is not because we do training that we become like that. It has always, already been there." Shodo Harada Roshi.

20.01.2022 I wish my zazen was this focussed ;)

18.01.2022 "As the Buddha has said, people who let go of gain or loss can sleep calmly and easily." (From Harada Roshi's "Not One Single Thing: Commentary On the Platform" Sutra).

10.01.2022 A thousand steps with a thousand worries.Climate change.Corona virus.Jobs.Familywhere will it end?

10.01.2022 "This is a practice. The practice of following the breath and allowing the mind to concentrate on just that - entering into what you are doing in each moment, just now. Just now. Just now." Zen Master Senshin, from 'Back to Basics', http://www.queenslandzencentre.com/dharma-talks.html

09.01.2022 I eat a peach, spit out the pit, the pit becomes a tree the tree grows and flowers and makes another peach spring arrives and fall departs year after year how can I keep my hair from turning white?... -Stonehouse (from: The Mountain Poems of Stonehouse, Copper Canyon Press)

08.01.2022 Do not forget the big view!

06.01.2022 Happy Sunday from the "Snow Buddha" on Jeju Island in South Korea

05.01.2022 For lovers of universal truth

03.01.2022 "I vow to take refuge in the Buddha. I vow to take refuge in the Dharma. I vow to take refuge in the Sangha." How many magpies are taking refuge from the rain?

02.01.2022 "To follow Buddha completely means you do not have your old views. To hit the mark completely means you have no new nest in which to settle". -- Extract from Moon in a Dewdrop: Writings of Zen Master Dogen, edited by Kazuaki Tanahashi

01.01.2022 Photo by Christine Federici.