Practice & Emptiness

Zen Buddhism

Practice, emptiness, and the art of seeing clearly.

Meditation

Meditation is simple, and enlightenment is simple. I want to show you exactly what they are. Right here, right now.

When a decision is made without any stopping to choose or worry, we call that Zen. Munen is the no-thought mind that acts on intuition.

Shoshin, or “beginner's mind,” is the mind which doesn't know. It's the readiness to see things as they actually are.

The state of flow is something we've all experienced before. The horse rider and horse moving as one, the dancers in perfect sync.

Mushin isn't some distant state of consciousness reserved for enlightened zen masters. It's a state you can enter on demand once you know how.

The Zen principle of “having no preferences” is simple, and it doesn't require deep knowledge or becoming a superhuman monk.

“Crossing at a ford” is a principle that lies right at the heart of what strategy is all about: following the path of least resistance.

As the Zen archer raises his bow effortlessly, it bends into form like long grass in a gentle breeze. The secret is a principle called Wu wei.

Go back 13.8 billion years and follow the Big Bang forward. You are the emergence of the entirety of the universe, doing whatever you're doing.