“Nirvana is not a thing. You can’t place it in time and space and give it a name and a street address and a social security number. Because if you could, nirvana would just be something else that arises and passes away.”
Category Archives: Buddhism
Bodywork as Spiritual Practice
Perhaps the path of mindful pleasure will take me to nirvana as readily as silent and solitary sitting meditation.
Living in the Light of Death: The Five Remembrances
Shining the light of death on my current worries and resentments, I am suddenly free to release them.
Enlightenment: A Quick Start Guide
Take refuge in the witness. Then allow the witness to disappear.
Deepening the Practice of Walking Meditation
This practice helps us see the difference between physical sensations and thoughts *about* those sensations.
The Buddha’s Words to a Dying Man
We create suffering by adding our reactions of attachment and aversion to bare sensations.
The Early Teachings of Shinzen Young: Clarifying the Self
Our sense of self is not a delusion. Instead, meditation reveals the self as constructed, fluid, and elastic.
The Early Teachings of Shinzen Young: Nirvana as the Un-Driven Life
We can taste nirvana during daily life as we practice mindful reponses to pain and pleasure.
The Early Teachings of Shinzen Young: Understanding Nirvana
Nirvana arises when we stop blocking the free flow of thought and sensation.
The Early Teachings of Shinzen Young: Why Meditation Matters
“No matter how assailed, anger need not arise. No matter what the pleasure, compulsive longing need not arise. No matter what the circumstances, a feeling of limitation need not arise.”
DOUG TOFT 