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How Buddhism Heals

How Buddhism Heals. By Nancy Spence. The recognition of Hui-Neng. Upon hearing verses from The Diamond Sutra, Hui-Neng awakened to true mind. And let no dust alight. This body is the Bodhi tree ;. This mind is like a mirror bright;. Carefully cleanse them hour by hour,.

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How Buddhism Heals

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  1. How Buddhism Heals By Nancy Spence

  2. The recognition of Hui-Neng Upon hearing verses from The Diamond Sutra, Hui-Neng awakened to true mind

  3. And let no dust alight. This body is the Bodhi tree; This mind is like a mirror bright; Carefully cleanse them hour by hour,

  4. There is no Bodhi tree; The bright mirror is nowhere shining; Since there is no mind from the first, Where can any dust alight?

  5. I don’t agree with you. I am confident I do a good job. My mind is cleansed and free. I’d rather not do that. I love and approve of myself.

  6. Close your eyes…

  7. Anattano self

  8. Where is the self ?

  9. MY thoughts • We do not possess an “ego.” • We are possessed by the idea of one. Wei Wu Wei MY body Sensations MY emotions

  10. We must understand the unity Beyond diversity, for if the opposites arise, The Buddha mind is lost…

  11. Dukkha Dissatisfaction

  12. Clasp your hands…

  13. Four Causes of Suffering • Not getting what we want • Having to endure the company of those we do not love • Getting what we want, yet not being satisfied • Not being with those we love

  14. We have to be carefully taught

  15. Craving: the cause of our suffering

  16. Cycle of Craving We have an experience and we like it We seek the experience again The experience ends: We want it again (We are suffering) “It” passes; wanting it arises again We get it and temporarily end our suffering

  17. An aside…

  18. Major life components we humans crave • Life (and therefore death) • Our emotional make-up • Qualities we’re attracted to in a lover/partner • What is Right and Wrong

  19. Sit very still right now…

  20. “To study Buddhism is to study the self; To study the self is to forget the self; To forget the self is to be enlightened by all things.” Dogen

  21. Studying the self Studying the self Studying the self Studying the self

  22. Emotions… Sensations… Daydreams… Fantasies... Memories… Plans…

  23. Emotions… Sensations… Daydreams Fantasies She hurt my feelings… Memories… Plans… I like this… I don’t like that… How can I get that?

  24. Close your eyes…

  25. Forgetting the self

  26. degrees of no boundaries …..of less and less self more and more bliss!

  27. To be enlightened by all things. That is, to see things as they ARE…

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