"My usual pattern with new projects, or dieting and exercise, is to eventually feel guilty, despair, and quit. It happens to me a lot over the years, admittedly. But also, there are a few things that surprisingly I have managed to stick with for years, decades even...." #Buddhism #Japanese #Zen

http://nembutsu.cc/2025/10/27/effort/

Effort

Garibaldi: This isn’t gonna be easy.G’kar: Nothing worthwhile ever is. Babylon 5, “And the Rock Cried Out, No Hiding Place”, s3:ep20 Recently, I talked about the key to prac…

Gleanings in Buddha-Fields
Feel for the quiet kindness that’s inside you. Give it your attention.
It’s waiting patiently for the next place to be expressed.#Zen #ZenBuddhism #Mindfullness #QuotesForMindfullnessThought #Buddhism

More and more websites are now blocking Zen? (possibly via user-agent?)

Examples: bol.com and vgz.nl

#Zen #browsers

meditation bell
in early morning coolness
the sound of stillness

#zen #buddhism #meditation
#stillness #haiku #dailyhaikuprompt -coolness

Good Morning ☀️ and have a great day.
Daily #Zen #Buddhism 🙏

📷 by Sarah Ball
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"The ox is never lost. Only the seeker is."

– Joshu

Daily #Zen #Buddhism #Joshu