The Awakened Podcast Ian Marshall

In today's dharma talk we look into the teachings of Bodhidharma and his outline of practice.   

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In this dharma talk we are introduced to the teachings of Zen Master Shen Hui and his take on the Original Pure Mind, samadhi and prajna and the inseparability of the two.

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In this Dharma Talk we look into Huang Po's One Mind. All the Buddhas and all sentient beings are nothing but the One Mind, beside which nothing exists.  This Mind, which is without beginning, is unborn and indestructible. It is not green nor yellow, and has neither form nor appearance. It does not belong to the categories of things which exist or do not exist, nor can it be thought of in terms of new or old. It is neither long nor short, big nor small, for it transcends all limits, measures, names, traces and comparisons. It is that which you see before you—begin to reason about it, and you at once fall into error. It is like the boundless void which cannot be fathomed or measured.  

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In this dharma talk we discover Master Han Shan and how all the master's teachings throughout the ages were nothing but instruments to crush the habitual "clingings'' infecting human thought. There is no Dharma in the sense of something real or concrete in that which they have handed down to us. The so-called practice or work is merely a method for purifying the shadows of our habitual thinking and flowing thoughts.  

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In this week's dharma talk we walk through Master Han Shan's awakening experience and then take a look at the fundamental nature of mind.  For the full transcript go to: https://zenawakened.com/

In this dharma talk we discover Hui Neng's journey of awakening and his understanding of the fundamental nature of mind.

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