Lightly and Patiently...

'What if you were the one who loved you the most?' ~ Anon

Pages

Obstacles & Resistance - Ezra Bayda
Hard Times, Simple Times - Norman Fischer
Don't Waste Time - Lee Register
"You Are Buddha" - Norm Randolph
Genjo Koan
Sacred texts - Zen Poems
Fukanzazengi
Other Fun Stuff
Ken Jones - A Primer
Good Talks
Chapters from Karen Maizen MIller
Rain and the Rhinoceros - Thomas Merton
True Happiness - Thich Nhat Hanh
Am i not among the early risers? Mary Oliver
Maintaining A Steady Practice - Pat Enkyo O'Hara
Just Sitting, Going Nowhere - Lewis Richmond

Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Practice

He who reigns within himself and rules his passions, desires, and fears is more than a king. ~ John Milton

Labels: desire, practice, steadiness

Newer Post Older Post Home

Maintenant

Avoidance

Avoiding problems you need to face, is avoiding the life you need to live. ~ Paulo Coelho

Mount Fuji

à étudier - search key word

Search This Blog

Leaves

14 (1) 1st (1) 2024 (1) 4 Brahmaviharas (3) 4 Divine Abodes (1) 4 establishments of mindfulness (1) 4 Heavenly Messengers (2) 4 immeasurables (1) 5 hindrances (1) 5 Remembrances (2) 5powers (1) 6 doors (1) 8 worldly winds (10) 83 (1) 84 (2) absence (1) absolute (3) accept ance (1) acceptance (57) accepting (13) ackerman (3) action (4) actualizing (1) addiction (2) adding (4) adequacy (1) admiration (1) adornment (1) adyashanti (4) affirmation (3) agenda (1) aging (3) aimlessness (5) aitken (4) ajahn chah (2) all beings (1) all things (1) allowing (1) alone (1) already awake (1) already free (1) altruism (1) ambition (4) anatta (1) anderson (1) angelou (2) anger (12) angst (1) annica (1) anticipation (1) antidote (1) anxiety (8) appreciation (5) approfondir (1) appropriate (1) appropriate attention (2) approval (1) apranihita (4) aristotle (7) arnold (2) arriving (1) Asimov (1) aspiration (5) assume (1) assumptions (1) atelic (2) attachments (1) attainment (3) attention (12) attentiveness (3) attitude (9) attribution (1) auden (1) aurelius (1) authentic (1) authenticity (2) auto-pilot (1) aversion (3) avoidance (8) awake (2) awakening (2) awareness (31) awareness plum (1) awkward (1) backwards-step (2) baker (1) balance (1) baldwin (1) bargaining (1) Barry Evans (1) basho (1) bassui (2) batchelor (1) Bayda (11) beauty (2) beck (6) beginner's mind (4) being (5) being with (2) Bell of mindfulness (1) Berry (5) best (1) Beth Roth (1) bibliography (1) bite (1) bitteroot (1) blake (7) blame (1) bliss (1) blog (2) bly (1) Bo Qu Yi (1) boat (1) boddhisattva (3) bodhicitta (1) bodhisattva (1) bond (1) bonté (1) boredom (4) boundaries (3) boundless (1) bow (3) bowing (5) brahmavihara (1) brave (1) breath (7) breathing (19) brevity (2) broughton (1) brown (1) buddha (6) buddhanature (5) bukowski (2) Busan (2) Buson (1) busyness (1) byrne (30) byron (1) byron katie (1) calm (8) calm-abiding (5) caravan (1) carpe diem (3) casual (1) causes of suffering (3) certainty (2) cessation of suffering (8) chance (1) change (7) chant (1) charlotte joko beck (1) chatgpt (2) cherishing (1) chick (2) Ching An (1) chodron (4) choice (9) chop wood (1) chopel (1) chopra (1) Chozen Bays (1) cicero (1) circonstances (1) civilisation (1) civility (1) clarity (3) cleaning (1) clear water (1) clinging (9) clothes (1) clouds (5) clutter (2) co-dependent arising (2) coelho (2) cohen (2) coincidence (1) coming back (1) commitment (7) common ground (2) community (3) comparison (1) compassion (53) compassionate (1) concentration (8) concept (2) conciousness (1) conditions (1) confidence (5) conflict (1) confucius (1) connection (3) consciousness (6) consuming (1) consumption (4) contemplations (1) contentment (2) control (5) controlling (2) converse (1) courage (5) craving (8) creeley (2) critic (1) criticism (1) Csikszentmihalyi (4) cult (1) cultivate (2) Cummings (1) curiosity (5) cycle (1) dalai (1) dalai lama (4) dancing (1) danger (1) darkness (1) das (2) daydream (3) daydreams (3) de Mello (1) death (23) deathless (4) decay (1) decisions (2) deed (1) deeds (1) deepening (1) delusion (5) denial (1) desire (13) despair (3) destiny (1) detachment (1) detail (1) details (1) determination (1) dhammapada (1) dharma (5) dharma gate (3) dharma rain (2) dharma seals (1) dharmatalk (4) dhukka (2) diamond sutra (6) diet (1) dignity (4) diligence (1) dimensionless (1) discernment (1) discipline (6) discriminating (2) discursive thought (3) disillusionment (1) dislike (1) dispersion (1) dissatisfaction (1) distraction (1) dogen (19) doing (1) don't know mind (4) doobinin (1) doubt-grasping (1) draft (1) dreams (4) drifting (1) duality (9) dukkha (3) dying (3) dylan (1) earth (2) ease (8) eating (2) ebb&flow (1) eckhardt tolle (5) ecology (1) education (2) effort (23) ego (9) ego delusion (6) ehipassiko (1) einstein (9) elephant (2) elliot (1) Emerson (4) emotion (2) emotions (6) emptiness (3) end-of-suffering (1) enemy (2) engaging (1) engle (1) enkyo (1) enlightenment (1) enough (1) epictetus (2) epicureanism (3) Epicurus (2) eppsteiner (1) epstein (1) equality (1) equanimity (23) erp (2) escape (2) escher (3) essence (1) eternity (2) ethics (1) evanescence (2) expectancy (1) expectation (7) expectations (1) experience (2) explaining (1) externalizing (2) extreme thinking (1) eyes (2) facilitating (1) failure (1) faith (3) family (1) far enemy (1) fate (2) faulds (1) fear (31) feed-the-good-wolf (1) feeling (1) feelings (2) feldman (9) ferguson (1) fire (1) fischer (14) five (1) fix (3) flambée (1) flaw (1) flow (5) flowering (2) focus (1) food (1) forgetfulness (6) forgiveness (4) formless (1) forms (2) four notions (1) frankl (1) franklin (1) fraternity (1) Fred Rogers (1) freedom (13) friendship (6) fronsdal (2) frozen (1) gaining (12) galway kinnell (1) gandhi (1) gangaji (1) garborg (1) garden (1) gate (1) gatha (4) generosity (8) generous (1) genjokoan (1) gentleness (2) ghosts (1) gide (1) gift (3) gifts (1) gilbert (1) ginsberg (1) giving (4) goal (2) gossip (1) Graf (2) grasping (41) gratification (1) gratitude (23) gray (1) great courage (1) greater than (1) greed (1) green (1) grief (7) grief compassion (3) groundlessness (2) grow (1) growth (1) guanyin (1) guest (1) guest house (3) guests (1) guilt (1) guru (3) habit (10) hafiz (4) hagen (1) hahn (7) hair on fire (1) hakuin (6) halifax (3) han shan (1) hanh (1) happiness (49) hardy (1) harris (1) hartman (1) hass (1) healing (2) health (5) heart (6) heart-sutra (2) helping (1) Heraclitus (1) herbert (3) here (4) here and now (1) hhdl (1) High Byrne (1) hindrances (1) hinton (5) hirshfield (1) hoagland (5) hobbie (1) hoffer (1) hokusai (1) honesty (2) hook (4) hooked (1) hope (4) hopkins (7) huang po (1) huangbo (1) hubris (1) Hugh Bryne (37) hugh byrne (8) hughes (1) huineng (1) humility (2) humor (2) hunt (1) huxley (1) ibn Arabi (1) ice (1) ideas (1) identification (5) identifying (5) idleness (3) Ikkyu (4) ill- (1) ill-being (1) illusion (3) imagination (1) imp (1) impatience (9) imperfection (4) impermanence (16) impulse (1) inclusiveness (1) ineffable (1) inexorability (1) inner life (2) innocence (1) inquiry (1) inside-outside (7) insight (6) inspiration (2) instructions (4) intention (44) interbeing (8) interconnectedness (9) interdependence (6) interoception (1) intimacy (2) intoxication (1) irony (1) issa (11) iyer (1) Jamyang-Khyentse (1) Jia Dao (2) JIGME KHYENTSE RINPOCHE (b. 1964) (1) job (1) joe reilly (1) johnson (1) joke (1) joy (15) judgement (10) judging (2) judgment (10) jung (3) Kabat-Zinn (2) kabir (1) kara (1) karma (5) kasdorf (1) kaye (1) kerouac (1) kharma (1) khenpo (1) kids (1) kindness (23) kinnell (2) kinship (1) knot (2) knowing (4) knowledge (3) koan (3) kornfield (4) Kosho Uchiyama (4) Kristin Neff (1) La Rochefoucauld (2) lack (2) lacking (2) lameris (1) lamp (1) lang (2) language (2) lao tzu (3) larkin (1) laughter (1) lead (1) leaning (4) learning (2) leaves (1) lehmann (2) letting be (2) letting go (25) lettuce (1) Li Po (1) liberation (3) lief (2) light (2) lightly (1) liminal (1) lindsay (1) lingo (1) listen (2) listening (12) Liu Zong-Yuan (2) loneliness (5) lopez (1) loss (11) love (42) lovingkindness (46) Lu Yu (1) lute strings (1) Machado (2) macker (1) Macy (1) maezumi (1) magid (1) maitri (1) making space (1) manifesting (2) marginalian (2) marion (1) markova (2) marley (1) Marx (1) masahide (1) maslow (1) materialism (3) mcleod (1) meaning (1) meditate (7) meditating (7) meditation (17) Meng Hao-Jan (1) Merton (1) metta (8) mettagarden (1) middle way (5) milarepa (1) miller (1) milosz (3) mind (26) mind-body (5) mindful (1) mindfulness (46) mindfulness trainings (1) mindless (1) mindlessness (3) mingyur (2) mirror (1) misfortune (1) mistake (2) mistakes (6) modeling (1) moderation (1) moment (11) money (1) monkey (3) monologue (1) moon (1) morale (1) motivation (1) mountains and rivers (1) moving (1) mp3 (1) muchado (1) mudita (1) muhammad ali (1) muir (2) mutual arising (2) Nagarjunna (1) nature (9) near enemy (1) negative emotions (3) negativity (2) nepo (1) neruda (2) nibbana (1) nirvana (1) nisargadatta (1) no birth no death (1) no dimension (1) no mud - no lotus (6) no-birth-no-death (3) no-exit (1) no-mind (1) no-self (2) noble (1) non-interference (1) non-judgement (6) non-judgment (3) non-self (3) non-striving (1) non-violence (1) nondiscriminating (2) norman fischer (3) not knowing (1) not alone (1) not getting what I want (2) not project (1) not-adding (2) not-knowing (12) not-ridding (1) noticing (2) nourishment (1) now (4) nun (1) nunberg (1) nutriments (1) nye (3) nyoshul (1) O'Donohue (1) object of awareness (2) oblivious (1) obsession (2) obstacle (3) ocean vuong (1) olendzki (1) oliver (18) oneness (4) open (2) open question (3) opportunity (2) ordinary (4) organic (2) orr (1) ortb (1) other (3) outcomes (1) outside (1) ovid (1) oxherd (1) oxherding (1) packer (2) pain (6) pang (2) panic (1) par coeur (83) passion (2) past (1) path (10) pathos (1) patience (22) pause (1) peace (19) peggy ward (1) pema (3) perception (3) perfection (6) perhaps (1) permanence (1) perseverance (2) persevere (1) persistance (3) persistence (3) personality (1) perspective (2) perverse (1) pessoa (2) Phap Dung (2) Phap Hai (1) Phap Huu (1) philosophy (1) picasso (2) planning (1) plant seeds (2) play (3) playfulness (4) playing (2) plum village (1) poem (18) poetry (4) pointing (1) popova (5) possibilities (1) postlethwaite (1) postlewaite (1) posture (1) poverty (2) practice (26) prayer (1) preciousness (1) presence (5) present (25) present moment (31) priority (1) probability (1) problem (1) problems (4) procrastination (2) project (2) projection (4) proust (3) purify (1) purity (3) questioning (4) quiet (1) randolph (1) react (3) reactivity (3) reality (8) realization (9) receiving (2) reciprocity (2) reddit (1) refuge (11) regard (1) regret (3) rejection (1) relationship (2) relative (2) relaxing (2) release (2) remedy (1) remembrances (3) reminders (3) renunciation (5) repetition (1) resentment (2) resilience (3) resistance (13) response (2) responsibility (14) rest (2) resting (2) restlessness (4) return (1) return to breath (1) revised (1) reward (1) ricard (30) ridding (1) right effort (4) right intention (4) right livelihood (2) right mindfulness (3) right speech (4) right view (4) Rilke (16) ripe (1) risk (4) ritual (1) rivers and mountains (5) road trip (1) robin major (1) rohr (1) Romain Rolland (1) root (1) rosenberg (1) rousseau (1) rumi (33) rumination (4) russell (1) ryokan (5) sacred (1) sadness (2) Saint-Exupery (1) salzberg (3) salzburg (1) samadhi (2) samatha (1) samsara (3) sangha (5) sarton (1) scale (1) scorekeeping (2) second arrow (3) seduction (1) seeds (4) seeking (1) self (27) self-acceptance (6) self-awareness (5) self-care (2) self-compassion (31) self-love (12) self-mastery (6) self-realization (1) self-regulation (2) selfishness (1) selflessness (3) Seneca (4) sense (1) separation (2) service (6) sesshin (1) setting limits (1) settling (1) shakespeare (1) shamatha (3) shame (3) shankar (1) shantideva (11) shelter (1) shenpa (5) shihab-nye (6) shihtou (3) shikantaza (3) shiny things (2) Shitou (1) shobogenzo (1) showing up (2) shunyata (1) shuting (1) sickness (2) signlessness (2) silence (13) Simone Weil (1) simple (3) simplicity (5) sitting (17) skillful means (1) slogans (2) slowly (1) smile (2) snyder (3) soften (1) sogyal (1) soi-même (1) solitude (5) song (1) Sophocles (1) soto zen (1) souffrance (2) southerland (1) space (3) speech (1) stability (1) Stafford (3) stars (1) steadiness (8) steady (1) stevens (1) stillness (5) stoicism (1) stopping (3) stopping-being-looking-seeing (2) store consciousness (2) story (3) stress (1) striving (2) Su T'ung Pao (1) Su T'ung Po (1) Su Tung-p'o (2) sublime (1) success (1) suffering (67) suicide (1) Sumedho (1) summer (2) support (1) supporting (1) surprise (1) surrender (2) survival (2) sutra (1) Suzuki (14) sweeping (1) sympathetic joy (1) T'ao Ch'ien (3) Tagore (11) tao (2) tao qian (1) tara brach (1) tea (2) teach (1) teacher (1) teachers (2) tears (1) technique (2) telic (2) tenacity (1) tennis (2) Thanh Yi (1) thanissaro (1) thankfulness (1) that (1) thay (26) the stone (1) thich nhat hahn (4) thich nhat hanh (18) thinking (12) thirst (1) thoreau (2) thorp (1) thought (3) thoughts (8) threshold (1) thurber (1) time (9) timelessness (3) tippet (1) tips (1) titmus (1) tolerance (2) tong-len (1) torrent (1) totality (1) trained (1) trainings (7) tranquillity (1) transform (4) transformation (11) trauma (1) travel (4) trees (3) tricycle mag (1) trident (1) triggers (2) true practice (2) true-nature (3) true-self (4) Trungpa (1) trust (5) truth (5) truths (1) Tu Fu (2) Twain (15) two kinds of suffering (1) two truths (1) uncertainty (6) uncreated (2) understanding (3) ungar (1) unger (1) unhurried (1) unintentional (1) union (1) unity (1) unknown (2) unpindownable (1) unseen (1) untrained (1) uselessness (1) vanity (1) verse (1) view (4) views (1) vigilance (1) violence (1) viscissitudes (1) vision (1) void (1) volition (1) vow (3) vulnerability (2) wabi-sabi (1) wagoner (1) waiting (1) walcott (1) walker (1) walking (1) wanting mind (1) warm-hearted (4) warren (14) wasan (1) waterfall (1) way-seeking (2) well-being (4) wellness (5) wenger (1) whine (1) whitman (5) wholeheartedness (1) wholeness (11) why meditate (1) whyte (2) wick (1) wide courage (1) wilde (1) wisdom (7) wise hope (2) wise intention (8) witness (1) wonder (2) wordless (1) words (3) wordsworth (1) work (1) worry (15) worth (2) wound (4) wright (1) wumen (2) wumen huikai (2) yeats (5) ying yang (1) yongey (2) yongey mingyur rinpoche (2) yuan mei (1) yutang (1) zazen (7) zen (13) zinn (1)

Followers

Popular

Breaking Through Resistence

Cherry Branch - Thich Nhat Hahn

Favorites

Oxherding

à étudier

counter for blogspot

Report Abuse

Home
Just Sitting, Going Nowhere - Lewis Richmond
Rain and the Rhinoceros - Thomas Merton
Hard Times, Simple Times - Norman Fischer
True Happiness - Thich Nhat Hanh
Good Talks
Chapters from Karen Maizen MIller
Ken Jones - A Primer
Sacred texts - Zen Poems
Don't Waste Time - Lee Register
Maintaining A Steady Practice - Pat Enkyo O'Hara
"You Are Buddha" - Norm Randolph
Genjo Koan
Fukanzazengi
Other Fun Stuff

Mindful

Boeing Clipper

Popular Posts

35 tips for good health

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/01/12/well/health-tips-experts.html
Harold Brown tribute

They say people die twice. The first time when they physically pass, and the second when people stop talking about them...I think Mr. B is s...
I'esprit est neutre

L'esprit est comparé à un cristal qui prend la couleur de l'endroit où on le pose. Il est neutre, et ce sont nos intentions qui dé...
Article on 'The Miracle of Mindfulness' in the NYT - Jan 16, 2025

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/well/mind/thich-nhat-hanh-mindfulness-book.html?rsrc=flt&unlocked_article_code=1.p04.zr0s.ChV8DZjCL8...
Self

"Self" The Buddha described what we call "self" as a collection of aggregates – elements of mind and body – that functio...

Blog Archive

Theme images by PeskyMonkey. Powered by Blogger.