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Mount Fuji as Seen from Kashiwabara, hand–colored albumen silver print by Kazumasa Ogawa (1897).
aging | death and dying | Zen teachings

this is why we meditate

ByTom Davidson-Marx Posted on06/07/202409/28/2024 09/28/2024

In the present moment we discover a spontaneity beyond time, where there is no aging, no measuring, no comparing to what was,…

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chocolate comes, chocolate goes
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chocolate comes, chocolate goes

ByTom Davidson-Marx Posted on06/03/202307/17/2024 07/17/2024

Impermanence is the fragrance of my life just as it is. This notion brings a subtle joy to these old bones and…

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Buddhist death meditation: letting go of regrets
aging | death and dying

Buddhist death meditation: letting go of regrets

ByTom Davidson-Marx Posted on05/30/202303/24/2025 03/24/2025

Buddhist death meditation encourages a gradual letting go of regrets. In her most recent book, Alive Until You’re Dead: Notes on the…

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Peaceful Valley (ca. 1872) by Alexander Helwig Wyant.
aging | impermanence

on aging and humility

ByTom Davidson-Marx Posted on03/26/202307/09/2024 07/09/2024

If I’m going to explore aging and humility I need to remember we older ones are no longer as energetic, or slim,…

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An Orange-Headed Ground Thrush and a Death's-Head Moth on a Purple Ebony Orchid Branch
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In Buddhism aging is a practice

ByTom Davidson-Marx Posted on08/09/202206/02/2024 06/02/2024

As we approach the last pages of our human story, in Buddhism aging as a spiritual practice encourages us to be softer,…

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Farming Village in Spring, Kamisaka Sekka (1909-1910)
aging | basic mindfulness | Zen teachings

the church of what's happening now

ByTom Davidson-Marx Posted on02/25/200807/14/2024 07/14/2024

This is our true home. We must live here, for it is only there that we are fully alive, in the church…

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A mind unruffled by the vagaries of fortune, from sorrow freed, from disturbing emotions cleansed, from fear liberated, this is the greatest blessing.

~The Buddha (Mangala Sutta)

When you find your place where you actually are, practice occurs. When you find your way at this moment, practice occurs. Here is the place. Here the way unfolds.

Dogen, 1200 – 1253, Genjōkōan: Actualizaing the Fundamental Point

We can always imagine more perfect conditions. But it's not our task to create ideals, but to learn from the world as it is. For the awakening of the heart, conditions are always good enough.

Ajahn Sumedho

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