Essays
Thinking During Zazen Continuing to read Chogyam Trungpa’s talks in Smile at Fear (Boston and London, 2009), I was struck by this remark about meditation: “All kinds of thoughts arise naturally. If you have lots of time to sit, endless thoughts happen constantly.” (p. 15)
Buddhanature In Smile at Fear (Boston and London, 2009), Chogyam Trungpa says that for someone on the spiritual path, at some point “you begin to realize that you have something in yourself that is fundamentally, basically good. It transcends the notion of good or bad. Something that is worthwhile, wholesome, and healthy exists in all of us.” (p. 8)
Goal of Soto Zen I have been reading introductory comments on the Dhammapada, edited and commented on by Eknath Easwaran, a noted translator and author born in India. The book is The Dhammapada , ed. Eknath Easwaran, Nilgiri Press, California, 2007.
