The Four Prajnas of Buddhahood – Also called the “Four Cognitions”, the “Four Knowledges”, the “Four Wisdoms”, and other similar terms. An excerpt from The Flatbed Sutra of Louie Wing  …your mind contains and embraces all things. If you truly realized the vast and fathomless nature of your own mind, how could attachment or aversion [...]

Prajna – Excerpt From The Flatbed Sutra of Louie Wing, Chapter 3: Prajna … Thereupon, having taken his seat on the flatbed, Louie Wing asked the assembly to purify their minds. Then he gave the following address. Learned audience, Maha Prajna Paramita is inherent in every one of you. It is only because of delusion [...]

Worldly Activity and Spiritual Practice are Not-Two Delusion arises because of conceptualization, not because of worldly activity. Awakening occurs by ceasing conceptualization, not by ceasing worldly activity. All the myriad things are nothing but the one mind, the unnamable void. In the reality of the one mind, all things are pure and clear, without gain, [...]

Excerpt from the Introduction to The Flatbed Sutra of Louie Wing…   Seeing your nature is Zen. Unless you see your nature, it’s not Zen. –Bodhidharma, Traditional founder of Zen When the Indian Prince Siddhartha discovered that everyone eventually suffered from old age, sickness, and death, he was so horrified he refused his throne and [...]

Deana asked, “How can we avoid getting entangled in ideas of right and wrong?” Louie Wing answered her, “By abiding in the place where there is no right or wrong.” Deana asked, “When you abide at that place, where are right and wrong?” Louie Wing said, “When it is right, there is nothing but right [...]

Hello all, If anyone in the Washington area is interested, I will be reading/discussing Zen (and the Flatbed Sutra) on Oct. 27th at 7pm in room 309 (upstairs) at the Mount Vernon Food Co-op. Hope to see you there. Peace, Ted PS It’s free to attend and there will be tea.