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…