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,

There is no Bodhi tree;

The bright mirror is nowhere shining;

Since there is no mind from the first,

Where can any dust alight?

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I love and approve

of myself.

My mind is cleansed

and free.

I don’t agree

with you.

I am confident I do a good

job.

I’d rather not do that.

 

Close your eyes…

Anatta no self

 

Where is the self ?

• We do not possess an “ego.”• We are possessed by the idea of one.

Wei Wu Wei

MY thoughts

MY body Sensations

MY emotion

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We must understand the unity

Beyond diversity, for if the opposites arise,

The Buddha mind is lost…

Dukkha

Dissatisfaction

Clasp your hands…

Four Causes of Suffering

• Having to endure the company of those we do not love

• Not getting what we want• Getting what we want, yet not

being satisfied

• Not being with those we love

We have to be carefully taught

Craving: the cause of our suffering

Cycle of Craving

The experience ends: We want it again(We are suffering)

We have an experience and we like it

We get it andtemporarily end our suffering

“It” passes; wanting it arises again

We seek the experience again

An aside…

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

Sit very still right now…

To forget the self is to be enlightened by all things.”

Dogen

“To study Buddhism is to study the self;

To study the self is to forget the self;

Studying the self Studying the self

Studying the selfStudying the self

Memories…

Plans…

Memories…

Plans…

Daydreams…

Fantasies...

Daydreams…

Fantasies...

Emotions…

Sensations…

Emotions…

Sensations…

Memories…Plans…

Memories…Plans…

Daydreams

Fantasies

Daydreams

Fantasies

Emotions…

Sensations…

Emotions…

Sensations…

How can I get that?

How can I get that?

I like this… I don’t like that…

I like this… I don’t like that…

She hurt my feelings…

She hurt my feelings…

Close your eyes…

Forgetting the self

degrees of no boundaries …..of less and less self

more and more bliss!

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