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Awakening Without Effort

Awakening Without Effort

What Is an Awakening Experience?

What Is an Awakening Experience?

Peace Is What the Egoic Personality Structure Is Trying to Avoid

Peace Is What the Egoic Personality Structure Is Trying to Avoid

Karuna (Bad Audio, Great Talk)

Karuna (Bad Audio, Great Talk)

Good Luck, Bad Luck, Who knows

Good Luck, Bad Luck, Who knows

Water Element in Four Elements Meditation

Water Element in Four Elements Meditation

Overview of the Four Elements Meditation

Overview of the Four Elements Meditation

Taking Refuge with Sando Roshi

Taking Refuge with Sando Roshi

Koan Practice and Mu

Koan Practice and Mu

Shikantaza with Sando Roshi

Shikantaza with Sando Roshi

Atonement with Sando Roshi

Atonement with Sando Roshi

Proactive vs Receptive Effort in Meditation

Proactive vs Receptive Effort in Meditation

Kenshō, Satori, Daigo-Tettei

Kenshō, Satori, Daigo-Tettei

Innate Goodness - Guided Meditation

Innate Goodness - Guided Meditation

Ānāpānasati and the Three Levels of Concentration

Ānāpānasati and the Three Levels of Concentration

Basics of Awakening in Zen and Theravada Buddhism

Basics of Awakening in Zen and Theravada Buddhism

There Is Only This Present Moment

There Is Only This Present Moment

Two Stories of Awakening

Two Stories of Awakening

What Is Good About Your Challenging Patterns

What Is Good About Your Challenging Patterns

Doubt Is an Important Part of Practice

Doubt Is an Important Part of Practice

Orienting on the Path and Being Exactly Where We Are

Orienting on the Path and Being Exactly Where We Are

Psychological Models and the Path of Awakening

Psychological Models and the Path of Awakening

Dealing with Anxiety in Meditation

Dealing with Anxiety in Meditation

Accessing the Absolute

Accessing the Absolute

Innate Goodness with I Am - Guided Meditation

Innate Goodness with I Am - Guided Meditation

Benefits of the Four Elements Meditation

Benefits of the Four Elements Meditation

Introduction to Koans

Introduction to Koans

The Zen Map of Awakening

The Zen Map of Awakening

Origin of Shikantaza - the Evolution of Jhana Practice in China

Origin of Shikantaza - the Evolution of Jhana Practice in China

Zen Awakening, Cessation, and Nibbana

Zen Awakening, Cessation, and Nibbana

Surrender Desire and Aversion

Surrender Desire and Aversion

Short Biography

Short Biography

Absence No-Self - Guided Meditation

Absence No-Self - Guided Meditation

Awakening Is a Cornerstone of Buddhism

Awakening Is a Cornerstone of Buddhism

Ceaseless Freedom - 11th Stanza from Trust in Awakening

Ceaseless Freedom - 11th Stanza from Trust in Awakening

Shikantaza - Guided Meditation to Support Awakening

Shikantaza - Guided Meditation to Support Awakening

Shikantaza or Silent Illumination Explained - Zen Meditation

Shikantaza or Silent Illumination Explained - Zen Meditation

Mara and Resistances to Deepening Meditation

Mara and Resistances to Deepening Meditation

Unconditioned Love Challenges Our Conviction of Being Broken

Unconditioned Love Challenges Our Conviction of Being Broken

Soothing the Longing Heart - Deconstructing the Self Through Awakening

Soothing the Longing Heart - Deconstructing the Self Through Awakening

Impediments to Awakening

Impediments to Awakening

The Transmission of Awakening - Denkōroku

The Transmission of Awakening - Denkōroku

Awake, Who Is Holy or Wise - 16th Stanza from Trust in Awakening

Awake, Who Is Holy or Wise - 16th Stanza from Trust in Awakening

Entering Jhana

Entering Jhana

Absence of Self After an Initial Awakening and the Steps that Follow

Absence of Self After an Initial Awakening and the Steps that Follow

The Origin of Self-Identity, Deficiency, and the Path of Awakening

The Origin of Self-Identity, Deficiency, and the Path of Awakening

Denkōroku - The Transmission of the Light - All Conscious Beings Are Enlightened

Denkōroku - The Transmission of the Light - All Conscious Beings Are Enlightened

Accessing the Absolute (the Source)

Accessing the Absolute (the Source)

Living From the Precepts and From Realization

Living From the Precepts and From Realization

The Three Treasures - Buddha, Dharma, Sangha

The Three Treasures - Buddha, Dharma, Sangha

Strength - Not Indulging in Anger and Maintaining Heart-felt Compassion

Strength - Not Indulging in Anger and Maintaining Heart-felt Compassion

Generosity Is Offering Appropriate Support

Generosity Is Offering Appropriate Support

How to Do Shikantaza - 30 Minute - Guided Meditation

How to Do Shikantaza - 30 Minute - Guided Meditation

Equity - Honoring the Profound Uniqueness of Each Being

Equity - Honoring the Profound Uniqueness of Each Being

The Soto and Rinzai Schools and the Maezumi Roshi Lineage

The Soto and Rinzai Schools and the Maezumi Roshi Lineage

The Three Tenets of the Zen Peacemaker Order

The Three Tenets of the Zen Peacemaker Order

Absence of Self - No Effort, No Preferences

Absence of Self - No Effort, No Preferences

Pure Love and Unity - Guided Meditation

Pure Love and Unity - Guided Meditation

Honoring and Recognizing the Value of Others

Honoring and Recognizing the Value of Others

Offering Respect To All - the Precept of Honor

Offering Respect To All - the Precept of Honor

Preserving a Wholesome Mind - the Precept of Clarity

Preserving a Wholesome Mind - the Precept of Clarity

Speaking Sincerely and the Precept of Truth

Speaking Sincerely and the Precept of Truth

How to Do Shikantaza - Guided Meditation

How to Do Shikantaza - Guided Meditation

The Absolute Is Available to All of Us When We Surrender

The Absolute Is Available to All of Us When We Surrender

I Am Not Practice

I Am Not Practice

Why We Crave Peace Yet Avoid It

Why We Crave Peace Yet Avoid It

The Great Way Is Effortless with No Preferences - 1st Stanza from Trust in Awakening

The Great Way Is Effortless with No Preferences - 1st Stanza from Trust in Awakening

The Three Components of an Awakening Experience

The Three Components of an Awakening Experience

Getting Started with the Mu Koan - Dharmakaya Koans

Getting Started with the Mu Koan - Dharmakaya Koans

Unconditioned Love of the Absolute - Guided Meditation

Unconditioned Love of the Absolute - Guided Meditation

Opening Your Heart Can Lead to Awakening

Opening Your Heart Can Lead to Awakening

Shikantaza - Guided Meditation to Support Awakening

Shikantaza - Guided Meditation to Support Awakening

Getting Started with Shikantaza - a Meditation for Awakening

Getting Started with Shikantaza - a Meditation for Awakening

What Is an Awakening Experience or Kensho?

What Is an Awakening Experience or Kensho?

Being Is Non-Being - 14th Stanza from Trust in Awakening

Being Is Non-Being - 14th Stanza from Trust in Awakening

Bankei Yōtaku and the Unborn

Bankei Yōtaku and the Unborn

The Hunger Is Inside and the Solution Comes From ...

The Hunger Is Inside and the Solution Comes From ...

All Conscious Beings Effortlessly Manifest the Great Way Together

All Conscious Beings Effortlessly Manifest the Great Way Together

Letting Go of Striving - Jhana Practice vs. Shikantaza

Letting Go of Striving - Jhana Practice vs. Shikantaza

Daigo Tettei - the Third Level of Awakening in Zen

Daigo Tettei - the Third Level of Awakening in Zen

Seeing One's True Nature - the Falling Away of Body and Mind

Seeing One's True Nature - the Falling Away of Body and Mind

Shikantaza - Opening to the Vastness - Guided Meditation

Shikantaza - Opening to the Vastness - Guided Meditation

Embracing Don't Know Mind

Embracing Don't Know Mind

Shikantaza Evolved from Anapanasati and Jhana

Shikantaza Evolved from Anapanasati and Jhana

Approaching the Koans in Sequence

Approaching the Koans in Sequence

Koan - A Buffalo's Tail Gets Caught

Koan - A Buffalo's Tail Gets Caught

Working the Initial Koans Until They Open

Working the Initial Koans Until They Open

The Role and Function of Koans in Zen Buddhism

The Role and Function of Koans in Zen Buddhism

The Two Ways Kenshō Unfolds

The Two Ways Kenshō Unfolds

Innate Goodness is Always Present

Innate Goodness is Always Present

Four Bodhisattva Vows

Four Bodhisattva Vows

Taking Refuge and the Pure Precepts

Taking Refuge and the Pure Precepts

Applying the Precepts in Zen

Applying the Precepts in Zen

What is Jukai?

What is Jukai?

Generative Quality of the Manifest Absolute - Guided Meditation

Generative Quality of the Manifest Absolute - Guided Meditation

When We Realize the Truth, Just That

When We Realize the Truth, Just That

This is the Car I was Issued

This is the Car I was Issued

Anxieties During Spiritual Development

Anxieties During Spiritual Development

What is Your Level of Doubt

What is Your Level of Doubt

Always Starting with Innate Goodness Meditation

Always Starting with Innate Goodness Meditation

Characteristics in Four Elements Meditation

Characteristics in Four Elements Meditation

Introduction to the Four Elements Meditation

Introduction to the Four Elements Meditation

Orienting Towards Love - Guided Meditation

Orienting Towards Love - Guided Meditation

Unmanifest Absolute 4 - No Concepts, No Self - Guided Meditation

Unmanifest Absolute 4 - No Concepts, No Self - Guided Meditation

Approaching the Spiritual Journey with Gentleness and Ripeness

Approaching the Spiritual Journey with Gentleness and Ripeness

Quick Recap of Shikantaza Meditation

Quick Recap of Shikantaza Meditation

Peace and Stillness 5 - Guided Meditation

Peace and Stillness 5 - Guided Meditation

Vastness (Ocean) - Guided Meditation

Vastness (Ocean) - Guided Meditation

Peace and Stillness 4 - Guided Meditation

Peace and Stillness 4 - Guided Meditation

How to Stop My Mind From Labeling

How to Stop My Mind From Labeling

How Does Awakening Impact You

How Does Awakening Impact You

Guided Meditations Explained

Guided Meditations Explained

Shikantaza Unmanifest Absolute - Guided Meditation

Shikantaza Unmanifest Absolute - Guided Meditation

Unmanifest Absolute 3 - Guided Meditation

Unmanifest Absolute 3 - Guided Meditation

Cultivating Inner Silence

Cultivating Inner Silence

Stillness Leads to the Cessation of All Materiality and All Mentality

Stillness Leads to the Cessation of All Materiality and All Mentality

Releasing Karma Through Sustained Contact with the Absolute

Releasing Karma Through Sustained Contact with the Absolute

Letting Go of the Personality to Abide in Peacefulness

Letting Go of the Personality to Abide in Peacefulness

What is the Realization of the Manifest Absolute?

What is the Realization of the Manifest Absolute?

What is Satori?

What is Satori?

Relationship of Kenshō to Cessation

Relationship of Kenshō to Cessation

Gradual Cultivation vs Sudden Illumination

Gradual Cultivation vs Sudden Illumination

Gradual Path vs Sudden Awakening

Gradual Path vs Sudden Awakening

Primary Resistance to Cessation

Primary Resistance to Cessation

Arahant is the Fourth Stage of Awakening in Theravada Buddhism

Arahant is the Fourth Stage of Awakening in Theravada Buddhism

Non-Returner is the Third Stage of Awakening in Theravada Buddhism

Non-Returner is the Third Stage of Awakening in Theravada Buddhism

Cessation is a Pinnacle that Leads to Stream Entry

Cessation is a Pinnacle that Leads to Stream Entry

Shikantaza - Guided Meditation including I Am Not Practice and Recap

Shikantaza - Guided Meditation including I Am Not Practice and Recap

Experiencing the Unconditioned Joy of the Absolute

Experiencing the Unconditioned Joy of the Absolute

Relative vs. Absolute Truth in Buddhism

Relative vs. Absolute Truth in Buddhism

Awakening Is Not a Personal Possession

Awakening Is Not a Personal Possession

What Is the Self-Identity that Relaxes During Awakening?

What Is the Self-Identity that Relaxes During Awakening?

Unmanifest Absolute 2 - Guided Meditation

Unmanifest Absolute 2 - Guided Meditation

The Unmanifest Absolute and Cessation

The Unmanifest Absolute and Cessation

Shikantaza Manifest Absolute - Guided Meditation with Introduction

Shikantaza Manifest Absolute - Guided Meditation with Introduction

Two Stories of Awakening

Two Stories of Awakening

Definition of the Absolute and Awakening

Definition of the Absolute and Awakening

Touching Briefly on Koans

Touching Briefly on Koans

Distinction Between Kenshō and Satori

Distinction Between Kenshō and Satori

Doubt and Kenshō

Doubt and Kenshō

Zen Model of Awakening

Zen Model of Awakening

What Is an Awakening Experience?

What Is an Awakening Experience?

Paradoxes of Spiritual Practice

Paradoxes of Spiritual Practice

Progression After a First Kenshō

Progression After a First Kenshō

Self-Identity and Absence of Self

Self-Identity and Absence of Self

Peace and Stillness Can Lead to Cessation

Peace and Stillness Can Lead to Cessation

Innate Goodness is Mettā for Ourselves

Innate Goodness is Mettā for Ourselves

Development of the Self After Birth

Development of the Self After Birth

Difference between Jhana and Awakening

Difference between Jhana and Awakening

Shakyamuni Buddha's Awakening

Shakyamuni Buddha's Awakening

Awakening Isn't a Personal Accomplishment

Awakening Isn't a Personal Accomplishment

Presence, Hereness, Nowness

Presence, Hereness, Nowness

Attachment to Old Patterns

Attachment to Old Patterns

Orienting Towards the Love Quality of the Absolute

Orienting Towards the Love Quality of the Absolute

Absence in the Unconditioned

Absence in the Unconditioned

Validation Creates the Compulsive Driver

Validation Creates the Compulsive Driver

I Am - Guided Meditation with Introduction

I Am - Guided Meditation with Introduction

4th Stanza from Trust in Awakening

4th Stanza from Trust in Awakening

What is the Absolute?

What is the Absolute?

Unmanifest Absolute 1 - Shikantaza - Guided Meditation

Unmanifest Absolute 1 - Shikantaza - Guided Meditation

Innate Goodness - Introduction then Guided Meditation

Innate Goodness - Introduction then Guided Meditation

Falling Away of Mind and Body

Falling Away of Mind and Body

Origin of the Core Ego Deficiency and the Spiritual Journey

Origin of the Core Ego Deficiency and the Spiritual Journey

Three Kinds of Doubt in Buddhism

Three Kinds of Doubt in Buddhism

Unity Is Not Two and Not One

Unity Is Not Two and Not One

Introduction to Innate Goodness Meditation

Introduction to Innate Goodness Meditation

Absence and Unity - Two Portals to Awakening

Absence and Unity - Two Portals to Awakening

Why Isn't Everyone Awakened?

Why Isn't Everyone Awakened?

Depth of an Awakening

Depth of an Awakening

Anger Can Be a Portal to Strength

Anger Can Be a Portal to Strength

Peace and Stillness 3 - Guided Meditation

Peace and Stillness 3 - Guided Meditation

Innate Goodness Meditation with Instructions

Innate Goodness Meditation with Instructions

Shikantaza - Guided Meditation

Shikantaza - Guided Meditation

The Journey of Awakening

The Journey of Awakening

Shikantaza Meditation Instructions

Shikantaza Meditation Instructions

Three Components of Kenshō

Three Components of Kenshō

The Heart Sutra

The Heart Sutra

Living from Awakeness

Living from Awakeness

The World-Honored One Ascends the Platform - Koan

The World-Honored One Ascends the Platform - Koan

Mettā Guided Meditation 2

Mettā Guided Meditation 2

Three Levels of Concentration

Three Levels of Concentration

Benefits of Concentration Meditation

Benefits of Concentration Meditation

Brahmavihārās Are in the Present

Brahmavihārās Are in the Present

Mettā Guided Meditation 1

Mettā Guided Meditation 1

Similar to Mettā but not Mettā

Similar to Mettā but not Mettā

Resistances to Mettā

Resistances to Mettā

Reducing Support Phrases During Innate Goodness Meditation

Reducing Support Phrases During Innate Goodness Meditation

Categories of Beings for Mettā

Categories of Beings for Mettā

Mettā Is Universal Love

Mettā Is Universal Love

Dealing with Sleepiness and Sinking Mind

Dealing with Sleepiness and Sinking Mind

Benefits of Innate Goodness Contact

Benefits of Innate Goodness Contact

Resistances to Innate Goodness

Resistances to Innate Goodness

Innate Goodness and Compulsive Doing

Innate Goodness and Compulsive Doing

Contact with Mettā

Contact with Mettā

Working with the Brahmavihāras

Working with the Brahmavihāras

Dealing with Hatred

Dealing with Hatred

Peace and Stillness 2 - Guided Meditation

Peace and Stillness 2 - Guided Meditation

Peace and Stillness 1 - Guided Meditation

Peace and Stillness 1 - Guided Meditation

Unbind thought and concept - 8th stanza from Trust in Awakening

Unbind thought and concept - 8th stanza from Trust in Awakening

Awakening Is Foundational in Buddhism - 2nd Stanza

Awakening Is Foundational in Buddhism - 2nd Stanza