How Buddhism Heals

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How Buddhism Heals By Nancy Spence

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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,. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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How Buddhism Heals

By Nancy Spence

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The recognition of Hui-Neng

Upon hearing

verses from

The Diamond Sutra,

Hui-Neng awakened

to true mind

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And let no dust alight.

This body is the Bodhi tree;

This mind is like a mirror bright;Carefully cleanse them hour

by hour,

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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.

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Close your eyes…

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Anatta no self

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Where is the self ?

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

Wei Wu Wei

MY thoughts

MY body Sensations

MY emotion

s

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We must understand the unity

Beyond diversity, for if the opposites arise,

The Buddha mind is lost…

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Dukkha

Dissatisfaction

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Clasp your hands…

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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

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We have to be carefully taught

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Craving: the cause of our suffering

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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

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An aside…

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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

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Sit very still right now…

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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;

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Studying the self Studying the self

Studying the selfStudying the self

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Memories…

Plans…

Memories…

Plans…

Daydreams…

Fantasies...

Daydreams…

Fantasies...

Emotions…

Sensations…

Emotions…

Sensations…

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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…

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Close your eyes…

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Forgetting the self

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

more and more bliss!

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

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