Although Shikantaza is the pivot of Dogen’s practice, he still emphasized the importance of keeping the bodhisattva precepts (and the monastic rules of course) Also in the Maka Hannya Haramitsu, he said that keeping the precepts, reciting sutras, prostration etc. all are prajna

All the downvotes lol I’m an Apple user myself, but lately Apple lost everything that used to make it different from competitors (and also lost the AI race). This was a great video, thanks!

Nice share! Mistral also shared data about one of its largest model (not the one that answer in LeChat, since that one is Medium, a smaller model, that I guess has smaller energetic requirements)

https://mistral.ai/news/our-contribution-to-a-global-environmental-standard-for-ai

I think we should start with better understanding how much life is complex in general. Our ideas and our way of being are a product of education, culture, society and the historic period we live in. But still ideas don’t exist themselves like an entity, they just illusions and products of mind. When we see other acting or thinking in a way we perceive as wrong, we should always remember that right and wrong aren’t absolute and never changing things. We can agree that right view, right action and right speak are conductive to the path of enlightenment in a Buddhist sense, but still those aren’t absolute and should be pondered case by case. For being compassionate towards others, we should first of all not be attached to our own idea of right or justice, and then understand why people may think in a specific way, and how often we too can get attached to our own ideas, even if these are for the benefit of the others.

No, this is a part where he was explaining how mind-perception works

Of which one? Anyway, for example, being more focused and seeing things clearly for sure, not being bothered too much about things (although it always depends of course) However none of these practices exist for the sake of immediate results, their just consequential and transient too

I practice shikantaza and nembutsu, and throughout the day, I mentally recite in my mind whenever I remember it. I’ve found that these two practices are complementary, which is also a widely practiced combination in mainland Buddhism. Nembutsu plays a role in connecting with the Pure Land of Amitabha and my own Buddha Nature at the same time. Shikantaza, on the other hand, embodies realization itself and, in a more Chan/Zen sense, the here and now Satori (practice of no-practice).

You may wonder why I practice both the Pure Land and Chan. The answer is that Chan points to our inherent nature, but it doesn’t mean that after truly realizing emptiness we instantly attain the same level of enlightenment as a fully realized Buddha, not even higher grades Bodhisattvas. Therefore, for me, the Pure Land serves as a kind of assurance for continuing my practice even after this body dissolves.

Yes it’s the right one. The guy’s name is Yōkan, however he was commonly known as Eikan, it said on the Temple page too

Pure Land Buddhism is quite different between Mainland and Japan, I think it is always better to go to the source, aka the Pure Land sutras. Saying once in full sincerity is in theory enough, since Amida Vows are already fulfilled since it became a Buddha, so a practitioner’s rebirth “already” happened.

Eikan stopped reciting since he was amazed by the sight of Amida, so Amida told him to keep moving and reciting

Nothing else, this was the first thing that came to my mind

As for Silent illumination, I would say not-looking into a mirror

MobiOffice is US located according to App Store information, does anyone know more about this?

And yet you get hurt when you touch fire. Is that a just dream? The point is understanding emptiness of practice, ideas, interpretations and reality. But it doesn’t mean everything is only illusion (at least not in our common way of understanding it). Both conventional and ultimate true coexist, but until we think and not directly experience non-duality, we’re caught up in duality. The Diamond Sutra really is the master in showings the dialectics of non-duality.

Yes it is, it’s been recompiled in what it knows as the Long Scroll

Which tradition are you from?

I love Subito.it, I’ve been using it for years by now, and it got really. Ether with its own delivery system and payment protection

I really recommend Tallahasse Chan center, Guo Gu is very smart and clear in his explanations, he is one of the student of Master Sheng Yen, a Taiwanese monk that revitalized Chan and helped spreading it

On a surface level repeating the Name surely has an anchor like function on a mental level, but there is much more of it. I respect your opinion, but this is a Buddhist community so it DOES matter what the Buddha said, and meditation is not only a practice to focus mind in many traditions.

Cheesecake doesn’t make you think of the Buddha, am I right? Mindfulness of the Buddha is a practice Shakyamuni himself suggested, you can find it in the Pali Canon, not only in Mahayana sutras. Also there is much more than just simply repeating a word, since nembutsu is also tied with the Primal Vows of Amida itself, regarding rebirth in the Pure Land