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- A message from 23 nights temple -

“If you really want to live, a mysterious wisdom will emerge.”

-二十三夜堂からのメッセージ-

”どうしても生きようと思えば、不思議な智慧が湧いてくるものです。”

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"A practitioner should never be pessimistic, even if you feel pain. Even if you encounter something frightening, do not be frightened." Buddha (Sutta Nipata 923) 

[Note: Practitioners are ordained disciples who have received precepts from a master monk, left the secular world and taken refuge in the Buddha, Dhamma and Buddhist community (Sangha). Many of them practised in remote and rugged mountain forests where they encountered natural beasts, horseflies, mosquitoes and bad climate.]

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"Zen practice requires detachment from thought. This is the best way to save energy." - Foyan Qingyuan (1067-1120)

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Founded in 1641, Shisendō Temple features portraits of Chinese poets & scenic Japanese gardens.

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Let what comes come.

Let what goes go.

Find out what remains.

-Ramana Maharshi

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the intention

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La comtesse perverse (Jesús Franco, 1974)

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Types of meditation

1. Mindfulness meditation: Focus on your breath or a specific sensation, bringing your attention to the present moment.

2. Loving-kindness meditation: Cultivate feelings of love and compassion towards yourself and others.

3. Transcendental Meditation: Repeat a mantra to achieve a state of relaxed awareness.

4. Body scan meditation: Direct attention to different parts of your body, releasing tension and promoting relaxation.

5. Zen meditation (Zazen): Sit in a specific posture, focus on your breath, and observe thoughts without attachment.

6. Guided meditation: Follow a recorded or live guide's instructions for visualization and relaxation.

7. Vipassana meditation: Develop insight by observing bodily sensations and thoughts with non-reactive awareness.

8. Yoga nidra: A state of conscious relaxation achieved through guided meditation while lying down.

9. Chakra meditation: Focus on energy centers in the body, visualizing and balancing them.

10. Mantra meditation: Repeat a word, phrase, or sound to quiet the mind and enhance concentration.

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Pink.

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Fiona Apple in Spin Magazine ✨️

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I asked the sage:

What should I do to develop spiritually?

The sage said:

Do nothing because everything will be done without you.

Forget yourself as the doer.

That's all.

You are an extended function of being itself.

Whatever you do, whatever you say, whatever you feel and hear, whatever you ask and give answers is not you or not anyone at all.

The questioner remained silent and the words ceased.

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an ode to summer lost

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sea, swallow me