Inspired by the autumn season, in today's "Moments: Mist among grasses" collection, I contemplate falling leaves. You can also find a gentle reminder to examine narratives, a quote by Huang Po expressing his understanding of the Buddha-Nature, a piece of sumi-e painting, and as always, some haiku.

📖 You can read at https://rustling-leaves.blog/posts/moments-3

🙏🏻 May you all be well

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elder's rest
nothing but the sound
of shifting sands

Last week, in the "Elder's Rest" article, I wrote about restlessness, silence, listening, and speech in the context of meditation as well as relationships. It was inspired by a pithy saying regarding speech by one of the Desert Mothers and Fathers, the first Christian nuns and monks dwelling in deserts.

📖 You can read at https://rustling-leaves.blog/posts/elders-rest

Have a good week 🙏🏻

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Today I woke up to the first snowfall! Snow always brings such a unique taste of silence.

And so I think it's a wonderful time for a new article that will perhaps bring you some silence too as today I contemplate exactly that.

📖 You can read at https://rustling-leaves.blog/posts/elders-rest

🙏🏼 Wishing you a restful week

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The November newsletter is out

Be very well 🙏🏼

A brief note and a few photos from a recent visit of Vienna with my teacher and friend, a Buddhist nun Ayya Dhammadipa, also known as Rev. Konin Cardenas (https://dassanaya.org/)

You can read here https://rustling-leaves.blog/posts/meeting-ayya-vienna

Have a restful weekend 🙏🏼

open palms
a ladybug leaps
into the sky

A haiku accompanying a brief reflection on the joy of the Bodhisattva Precepts - inspiring and beautiful vows we take in the Zen tradition.

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From "Moments: A Ladybug Leaps into the Sky" https://rustling-leaves.blog/posts/moments-2

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A world where...

all our companions from animal realms, whether cute or not so cute, would see humans as those strange beings with two legs, as good friends and sometimes also cozy pillows 😌

#bunny

Have you ever noticed that each tree’s foliage has its own unique sound when moved by the wind?

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From "Moments: A Ladybug Leaps into the Sky" https://rustling-leaves.blog/posts/moments-2

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In today's post, you can join me in walking a muddy road, starting from coastal Oregon all the way to a timeless and captivating Zen story shedding light on the struggle of clinging, the ease of letting go, and how compassionate engagement fits into all that.

You can read at https://rustling-leaves.blog/posts/muddy-roads

#buddhism #zen #story #clinging #attachment #lettinggo #compassion #precepts