What we’re about
The group is for people to meet, discuss, share and help each other for Spiritual Growth, Cultivation and Network.
Who am I? Is what you call “yourself” merely a collection of memories, or something deeper?
Before you were born, who were you? When the body perishes, where will you be?
If all phenomena are impermanent, what remains unchanged?
Who is the one that is aware of your thoughts at this very moment?
What is it that sees through your eyes, but cannot be seen by your eyes?
We know that we have body, mind and spirit. The body is tangible and will go through birth, sickness, aging, and death. It also has duality, there is men and women and it lives in the physical world. Mind is intangible, but still has duality. There are positive/negative thoughts. The spirit is intangible and beyond duality. Lao Tzu used Tao to refer to origin of creation and the pure spirit within each one of us. Buddha called the pure spirit as Buddha nature, meaning everyone can reach Buddhahood or enlightenment. It is referred to as the image of God in Bible and spirit of Allah in Koran. The more modern terms can be pure awareness or pure consciousness.
Even though there are different names, they all point to the same pure nature within us.
The analogy of sun and clouds is one of my favourites. The pure nature can be likened to the sun, which is always emitting light regardless of sunny days, cloudy days or stormy days. The vexations such as anger, resentment, greed, ignorance, attachment to fame, possessions...etc. can be liken to clouds that can temporarily obscure the light from the pure nature. However, once they are blown away, the light or wisdom from the pure nature will shine again.
The spiritual cultivation is the journey to awaken to the pure nature within us and how to blow away clouds of delusions to let the wisdom or light to flow from the pure nature without hindrance, which lead us to a life with joy, ease and love while living in this dualistic world.
We use Tao Te Ching as a starting point and are open to any other teachings, such as those from Buddha, Jesus, Confucius, Lao Tzu...etc. and life experiences and wisdom from within each one of us.
Tao is the origin of creation and Tao is within each one of us too. It's the matter whether one can find it and following it instead of following desires and egotistic thoughts. If one can find it and use it in every moment, one unites with Tao, which is beyond life and death. There is also great wisdom in Tao that can be applied to solve vexations in life and help people elevate their spirituality.
Lao Tzu wrote Tao Te Ching about 3000 years ago. Amazingly, the wisdom revealed in it is great and profound and can be applied by people in modern days.
Welcome to join the online or in person study group to study, discuss, understand and share realization and how to apply it in daily life.
After discussion, people can understand and apply the wisdom of Tao in life and resonate with the Tao within each one of us.
Moreover, welcome to check out other related meetup groups and their events below.
https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/zen-tao/
https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/vegetarian-vegan/
Upcoming events
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Zen & Tao Te Ching for Spiritual Awakening and Cultivation in Penrith on Sundays
Western Sydney University, Kingswood, Second Ave, Kingswood, NS, AUThe in-person discussion is for people to meet, discuss, share and help each other for Spiritual Growth, Cultivation and Network.
We know that we have body, mind and spirit. The body is tangible and will go through birth, sickness, aging, and death. It also has duality, there is men and women and it lives in the physical world. Mind is intangible, but still has duality. There are positive/negative thoughts. The spirit is intangible and beyond duality. Lao Tzu used Tao to refer to origin of creation and the pure spirit within each one of us. Buddha called the pure spirit as Buddha nature, meaning everyone can reach Buddhahood or enlightenment. It is referred to as the image of God in Bible and spirit of Allah in Koran. The more modern terms can be pure awareness or pure consciousness. Even though there are different names, they all point to the same pure nature within us.
The analogy of sun and clouds is one of my favourites. The pure nature can be likened to the sun, which is always emitting light regardless of sunny days, cloudy days or stormy days. The vexations such as anger, resentment, greed, ignorance, attachment to fame, possessions...etc. can be liken to clouds that can temporarily obscure the light from the pure nature. However, once they are blown away, the light or wisdom from the pure nature will shine again.
The spiritual cultivation is the journey to awaken to the pure nature within us and how to blow away clouds of delusions to let the wisdom or light to flow from the pure nature without hindrance, which lead us to a life with joy, ease and love while living in this dualistic world.
We have done the translation ourselves to reflect the true meaning of the original text as accurately as possible. We welcome any suggestions during the discussion.
Welcome to join and share your understanding and realisation and how to apply them in life.
Please note that there are regular attendees who may not RSVP here. Don't be discouraged by the low RSVP count. You're warmly welcome to join us!
We will contact you via Meetup message to exchange mobile numbers so we can call or text each other to confirm details or locate one another on the day.
If you don't receive our Meetup message, please email us at TaoZen168@gmail.com with your mobile number, and we will reach out to you directly.
Please see more details in below meetup groups and there are other events if you're interested.
https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/zen-tao/
https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/vegetarian-vegan/
Looking forward to meeting you there.2 attendees
Spiritual Awakening and Cultivation Zen & Tao Te Ching in Centennial Park (Free)
Centennial Park, Parkes Drive, AUThe in-person discussion is for people to meet, discuss, share and help each other for Spiritual Growth, Cultivation and Network.
We know that we have body, mind and spirit. The body is tangible and will go through birth, sickness, aging, and death. It also has duality, there is men and women and it lives in the physical world. Mind is intangible, but still has duality. There are positive/negative thoughts. The spirit is intangible and beyond duality. Lao Tzu used Tao to refer to origin of creation and the pure spirit within each one of us. Buddha called the pure spirit as Buddha nature, meaning everyone can reach Buddhahood or enlightenment. It is referred to as the image of God in Bible and spirit of Allah in Koran. The more modern terms can be pure awareness or pure consciousness. Even though there are different names, they all point to the same pure nature within us.
The analogy of sun and clouds is one of my favourites. The pure nature can be likened to the sun, which is always emitting light regardless of sunny days, cloudy days or stormy days. The vexations such as anger, resentment, greed, ignorance, attachment to fame, possessions...etc. can be liken to clouds that can temporarily obscure the light from the pure nature. However, once they are blown away, the light or wisdom from the pure nature will shine again.
The spiritual cultivation is the journey to awaken to the pure nature within us and how to blow away clouds of delusions to let the wisdom or light to flow from the pure nature without hindrance, which lead us to a life with joy, ease and love while living in this dualistic world.
Welcome to join and share your understanding and realisation and how to apply them in life.
We will meet in below location
https://maps.app.goo.gl/LGYjpccaPep2QfQC8
It's outdoors.
We will contact you via Meetup message to exchange mobile numbers so we can call or text each other to confirm details or locate one another on the day.
If you don't receive our Meetup message, please email us at TaoZen168@gmail.com with your mobile number, and we will reach out to you directly.
Please see more details in below meetup groups and there are other events if you're interested.
https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/vegetarian-vegan/
https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/zen-tao/
Looking forward to meeting you there.2 attendees
•OnlineBodhidharma's Zen teachings for Spiritual awakening and cultivation
OnlineThe group is for people to meet, discuss, share and help each other for Spiritual Growth, Cultivation and Network.
We know that we have body, mind and spirit. The body is tangible and will go through birth, sickness, aging, and death. It also has duality, there are men and women and it lives in the physical world. Mind is intangible, but still has duality. There are positive/negative thoughts. The spirit is intangible and beyond duality. Lao Tzu used Tao to refer to the origin of creation and the pure spirit within each one of us. Buddha called the pure spirit as Buddha nature, meaning everyone can reach Buddhahood or enlightenment. It is referred to as the image of God in the Bible and spirit of Allah in the Koran. The more modern terms can be pure awareness or pure consciousness.
Even though there are different names, they all point to the same pure nature within us.
The analogy of sun and clouds is one of my favourites. The pure nature can be likened to the sun, which is always emitting light regardless of sunny days, cloudy days or stormy days. The vexations such as anger, resentment, greed, ignorance, attachment to fame, possessions...etc. can be likened to clouds that can temporarily obscure the light from the pure nature. However, once they are blown away, the light or wisdom from the pure nature will shine again.
Spiritual cultivation is the journey to awaken to the pure nature within us and how to blow away clouds of delusions to let the wisdom or light to flow from the pure nature without hindrance, which lead us to a life with joy, ease and love while living in this dualistic world.
We use Bodhidharma's Zen teachings to as a starting point and are open to any other teachings, such as those from Buddha, Jesus, Confucius, Tao Te Ching and life experiences and wisdom from within each one of us.
It's a good chance for any one who is interested to study, understand and share understandings and how to apply in our life to reveal great wisdom from our true/Buddha nature.
We have done the translation ourselves to reflect the true meaning of the original text as accurately as possible. We welcome any suggestions during the discussion.
Please note that there are regular attendees who may not RSVP here. Don't be discouraged by the low RSVP count. You're warmly welcome to join us!
Here is some information about the Bodhidharma.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodhidharma
Welcome to join us even if you haven't attended previous sessions as the discussion is quite flexible and any topic in previous texts can be discussed if needed.
If you use browser to open meeting URL, remember to allow access to your microphone and camera when asked.
Please mute your microphone if you're not speaking when there are background sounds to prevent them being introduced into the meeting.
Looking forward to see you all in the discussions.1 attendee
Past events
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