Show threadSydneyJimMay 13
This recognition is not pessimistic. It is honest. If you look carefully, much of human struggle comes from resisting what cannot be prevented. We want permanence in what is #impermanent. We want certainty where there is uncertainty. We want people to remain as we remember them. We want our own bodies to remain unchanged. We want the world to fit our preferences. This grasping creates tension. (4/54)
SydneyJimApr 10
The #Buddha’s #awakening did not depend on lineage. It arose from direct seeing: “All things are #impermanent, all are without fixed self.” When you see this, lineage vanishes. The teacher is the mountain, the student is the wind. Between them, the #BuddhaDharma flows without words or seal.
SydneyJimMar 31
In #Mukyōhō, the #mind & #body are trained together. #Awareness is cultivated not only by sitting quietly but by moving, walking, or simply being in the #environment. Every sensation, from the warmth of the sun to the feel of the wind, is noticed without judgment. This #mindfulness is practiced constantly, not just in formal meditation. By paying attention in this way, one develops clarity, calm, & #insight into the #impermanent & interconnected #nature of all things.
Bodhi 心Mar 23

Reflections from @buddhistdoor about how embracing #uncertainty (during these times that seem increasingly unstable) is not passive or submissive, but when combined with other #Buddhist principles leaves us open to new possibilities to co-create a more-harmonious world.

https://www.buddhistdoor.net/features/buddhistdoor-view-the-great-unraveling-uncertainty-as-teacher-in-a-fracturing-world/

Considering reality is inherently #impermanent,
accepting uncertainty seems like the only sane way to approach things. #Attachment to certainty causes only #suffering and yet more conflict.

Show threadMiss Kitty 🌈🌈🌈Mar 3
... His primary methods included the diagonal argument and Cantor's Theorem regarding power sets. - And he said ta da! when he was done. I go with #Guru. Guru has crossed the line. Does not recognize anything #impermanent for #reality anymore. Still talks to those hallucinating. Me included.
SydneyJimJan 25

#Awareness opens the door to seeing reality as it truly is, #impermanent, interconnected, & empty of inherent ‘self.’ It allows us to engage with the world with a #mind that is #free from delusion, #attachment, & #aversion.

#ZenBuddhism #Mukyōhō

SydneyJimJan 18

#HadakaShizenyoku is a #Zen based practice of #mindful #nudity in #natural settings. By removing clothing, social roles & status dissolve, revealing the #body as ordinary, equal & #impermanent. Earth, wind, sunlight & temperature are met directly, without barrier or performance. Through stillness, walking & simple movement, clarity deepens, humility grows & intimacy with #nature becomes immediate, grounded & free.

#NoClothes #ClothesFree #Nude #Naked #Mukyōhō #ZenBuddhism

Weekend StoriesDec 5

#Buddhism reframes the "#HardProblem" of #consciousness by rejecting the mind-matter dichotomy. Rather than treating consciousness as an emergent property or separate substance, #Buddhist #philosophy analyzes it as a contingent process (#viññāṇa) arising through #DependentOrigination. This relational view dissolves the explanatory gap while offering #meditative practices for direct investigation of #awareness's #impermanent, #NonSelf nature.

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-11-16-consciousness_and_the_hard_problem/

#WeekendStories

Show threadSydneyJimNov 14, 2025
In the integration of the six, #naturism becomes living #zazen. The senses are neither suppressed nor indulged, they are purified through direct #awareness. The #naked form, exposed to #impermanent #nature, is no longer an object but a vehicle of realisation. To live in this way is to understand that #awakening is not elsewhere, it breathes through every pore, every sound, every flicker of perception. (13/14)
Show threadSydneyJimNov 14, 2025
Gustatory consciousness (舌識 zesshiki): Though less central, even taste becomes part of the #naked practice. Eating in #naturist #meditation, the mouth unmediated by etiquette or distraction, reveals the immediacy of sensation. Taste, like breath, belongs to this moment only. It cannot be possessed or repeated. This #awareness nourishes humility, each meal an #impermanent harmony of earth, #body, & time. (6/14)