by Guo Gu | Feb 13, 2021 | Zen Marrow
From Zen Marrow Talk One: Guo Gu instructs that freedom from suffering; begins with being embedded in suffering. One must know and be aware of what the Buddha teaches. As one becomes aware of the Buddha’s teachings, one realizes that he or she starts from where...
by Guo Gu | Feb 13, 2021 | Zen Marrow
Conditions bring about causes and causes give birth to effects. There is nothing haphazard. Causes, conditions and effects bring about other or further causes and effects. From Zen Marrow Talk One: Guo Gu often speaks about and teaches the Four-Fold axiom of Chan:...
by Guo Gu | Feb 13, 2021 | Zen Marrow
From Zen Marrow: Talk One “Nothing Else Matters but the Method” The teaching that thoughts liberate or free themselves is a foundation meditation teaching. During meditation instruction, one is reminded that meditation begins with relaxing the body. A calm relaxed...
by Guo Gu | Feb 13, 2021 | Zen Marrow
From Zen Marrow: Talk One. One’s options and judgments are not formed out of the clear blue. Many times the values and beliefs one espouses are ideas that have been learned from others or read and absorbed from books. Parents pass on values and ideas to their children...
by Guo Gu | Feb 13, 2021 | Zen Marrow
Marrow of Zen Talk 4: 2010 Dharma is a collection of lessons. It is a collection of Expedient Means that if used and understood, helps one recognize their original state. “Dharma is not intrinsically sacred and holy. It is not something to be attached to.”...
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