truth

• But searching for the truth in Buddhism is searching for the truth right here

  Nishijima’s Four Main Points September 2015 — Banský Studenec

The most important texts

1. The Truth as a Cup of Tea ●●● September 2013 — Banský Studenec

   So the aim of Buddhism is to be whole. To attain the truth is simply that

   attaining the truth · Dotoku · expressing your real self · truth as concrete and abstract · truth in the kitchen · truth we already have
2. Recognising the Marrow in Ourselves ●●● May 2012 — Nová Dedinka

   So the marrow means the truth. But what is the truth?

   following the truth of the mountain · marrow as truth · prostration to the marrow · recognising the truth in ourselves · revering whatever teaches the truth
3. Nishijima’s Four Main Points ●●● September 2015 — Banský Studenec

   But Nishijima always translated it will to the truth, because he wanted to explain the very subtle desire

   arriving where we started · boy writing truth on trees · finger pointing at the ground · searching for truth right here · striving too hard for truth · will to the truth
4. The Map in Our Head ●●● May 2012 — Nová Dedinka

   But in Buddhism, truth is something real. So actually, truth is not the right word, and maybe reality is a better word

   revering whatever teaches the truth · tree bending in the wind · truth as something real · truth of the path

Other texts

5. Gaku do yo jin shu - Practical Advice on Pursuing the Buddhist Truth ●●●

   The will to the Truth has many names but they all refer to the same state of mind.

   being caught by the truth · originally existing in the truth · will to the truth
6. Civilisation as a Shared Trance ●●● July 2021 — Skalní fara

   The truth is to realise that we live here, from here, and to be able to move between the two.

   moving between trance and reality · pursuing the truth
7. Fukan-zazengi ●●● Shobogenzo

   the truth originally is all around: why should we rely upon practice and experience?

   truth originally all around
8. Bendōwa ●●● Shobogenzo

   Bendowa means a talk about pursuing the truth, or a talk about the practice of zazen

   pursuing the truth
9. The One Bright Pearl ●●● Shobogenzo · Ikka-no-myoju

   all of the efforts we are making to evade it are made in the one bright pearl of this present moment

   evading the truth
10. Doshin ●●● Shobogenzo

    In pursuing the Buddha’s truth, we should see the will to the truth as foremost

    will to the truth
11. Introductions 1: Rules and Reality ●●● Summer 2003 — Introductions to Shobogenzo Chapters

    So the simple order of truth, not the abstract order of truth

    elephant behind the settee · simple order of truth
12. Introductions 2: Reality in Ordinary Moments ●●● Summer 2003 — Introductions to Shobogenzo Chapters

    he says anything that teaches us the truth, we should revere, whether it’s a cat or a tree, or child

    revering whatever teaches the truth
13. The Life of Master Dogen ●●● June 2005 — Lotus Centre

    recommended that we find our will to the truth, which is our inner desire to find out what is real

    will to the truth
14. Ikka-no-myoju 4: The Universe as Teacher ●●● Summer 2006 — Ikka-no-myoju

    That suggests that we receive the wisdom of the universe unexpectedly

    wisdom received unexpectedly
15. Making Dogen's Words Our Own ●●● August 2012 — Dibbavana

    he could see lots of people, men probably, who wanted to practise, but, you know, oh, I can't come, my family needs me.

    leaving family to find the truth
16. Escape and Refuge in Zazen ●●● May 2014 — Banský Studenec

    not to teach a truth that nobody knows but to point out a truth that we all have

    arriving where we started · truth we already have
17. Reality is the Present Moment ●●●

    Truth acts from moment to moment is what I am trying to say. Truth is the action from moment to moment.

    abstract truth waiting to be grabbed · truth as action moment by moment
18. Introductions 4: Ordinary Balance ●●● Summer 2003 — Introductions to Shobogenzo Chapters

    In Buddhism, this world is the truth, so nature is a face of the truth

    nature as face of truth
19. Shoaku Makusa 5: The Child and the Old Man ●●● Winter 2006 — Shoaku Makusa

    we haven’t a general theory of truth, as Einstein was looking for a general theory of relativity

    general theory of truth
20. No Hierarchy of Enlightenment ●●● July 2009 — Dibbavana

    So, in order to find the truth, we need our freedom

    freedom to find the truth
21. Precepts as Guidelines ●●● July 2009 — Dibbavana

    So Master Dogen says that if we practise zazen, all our mistakes lead us to the truth

    mistakes leading to the truth
22. Yunmen’s Lantern Without Mystery ●●● September 2009 — Earth Spirit

    Where we look for our truth can determine how we understand teachings and what teachings we prefer

    where we look for reality
23. Just to Be Alive Is Enough ●●● August 2011 — Dibbavana

    the Buddha's teachings are written on stones and trees and everywhere. So it means that the true teachings are everywhere

    boy writing truth on trees
24. Dogen and Modern Life ●●● August 2012 — Dibbavana

    if we want to find out the truth, we have to leave our family

    leaving family to find the truth
25. Genjo-koan: Being Awake Is Being Here ●●● May 2014 — Banský Studenec

    If we explain it to somebody excitedly, we miss the point. We miss the fact that, no, it's not that.

    excited explanation of truth
26. Zazen Is Not Meditation ●●● July 2021 — Skalní fara

    we can give lots of names to it, but the essential drive or motivation is called the will to the truth

    will to the truth
27. Life Itself Is Intelligent ●●● July 2021 — Skalní fara

    the drive that is exhibited by the smallest biological system is what we talked about this morning as will to the truth

    drive of life
28. Practice and Theory in Buddhism ●●●

    If what is true cannot be found here and now in whatever we are doing, in whatever society we are living

    searching for truth right here
29. What did the Buddha discover? ●●●

    in a different continent, in a different culture, we rediscover the same realisation of the awakened-one

    rediscovering the Buddha's truth
30. An Introduction to Shobogenzo ●●● June 2005 — Lotus Centre

    all areas of human endeavour, effort, are making the truth clearer

    human endeavour making the truth clearer
31. The Eight Truths of a Great Person ●●● June 2006 — Padmafarma

    each of those eight truths might contain another eight truths. So there might be sixty-four of them

    fractal truths
32. Sadness Is a Change in Balance ●●● August 2011 — Dibbavana

    Like a big tree in the wind: it blows this way, I'm unhappy; it blows that way, I'm happy

    tree bending in the wind
33. Freedom and the Teacher’s Character ●●● August 2011 — Dibbavana

    Dogen said even our mistakes teach us the truth, or lead us to the truth

    mistakes leading to the truth
34. Reading Dogen from Experience ●●● May 2014 — Banský Studenec

    Dogen writes that all our mistakes lead us to the truth

    mistakes leading to the truth

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