Zen Meditation. Transforming Mood: Perceiving the Twenty-Eight Aphorisms, Eighty-Four Thousand Dharma Joy

Author: Zheng Shiyuan
Publisher: Yuanliu Publishing Company
Publication Date: 2006-01-01
Features: Practicing Zen involves opening the luminosity within the mind through the meaning of enlightenment cases, teachings, and recitations, revealing the wisdom of Prajna and the vitality of compassion, joy, and mercy, and realizing the ultimate meaning of life and the joy of Dharma. This is not about intellectual understanding or structural cognition, but about nurturing the wisdom and motivation of life through enlightenment, intuition, and the unity of knowledge and action. Mental health has become a topic of universal concern for modern people. The main reasons are the stress and busyness of life, combined with a strong sense of differentiation, materialistic values, and the distortion of life (treating pursuit and possession as goals, using life as a means). These factors have led to an increase in anxiety and emotional disorders. These issues can be inspired by the Zen poems of enlightenment, thereby enhancing the quality of spiritual life and promoting physical and mental health. This book is written for the spiritual life of modern people. The essence of Zen is to guide a person to become an awakened one. Through Zen practice, one realizes the non-duality of the present life and eternal life, revealing the joy of Dharma, freedom, and a broad spiritual perspective. Its key is to guide us to free ourselves from various biases, prejudices, hostility, and attachments, making us more alert and aware, to live and to see the truth of the life world, and to realize the great vehicle Bodhisattva of wisdom and compassion. This book quotes dozens of poems by Zen masters, all of which are the fruits of enlightenment after countless trials, each inspiring and expressing the essence of Zen. By reading these Zen poems and frequently using them as small meditations, through this self-help counseling, one can surely inspire wisdom and establish a healthy life attitude. In the practice of Buddhism, it will guide you to see the profound meaning of the true Dharma. Through the enlightenment of Zen poems, one can truly heal the heart and stop pain, reveal wisdom and nature, and build a happy life.