Continue to walk with me as we flow together on this Hsin Hsin Ming Journey. In this short post we’ll explore what it means to be awakened and to experience the melting of the illusion of separation, and what it means to be the rockstream. A Flowing Stream The ancient Zen poem continues, “Although all…
(A Hsin Hsin Ming Journey – Part 3) “What is the meaning of life?” “What is the purpose?” I’m asked these questions, and questions like them, quite often. As I continue my journey through the Zen poem, Hsin Hsin Ming (translation by Richard Clarke), I’ll consider these questions and offer a response from on my…
In this post I’m continuing the journey through the Zen poem, Hsin Hsin Ming (click here to purchase your copy). You can read part 1 here. The Hsin Hsin Ming is such a beautiful piece of art. As with any work of art, it is subject to many interpretations. However, in reality, no interpretation is…
Written by Seng-t’san, the Third Chinese Zen Patriarch, around 600CE, the Hsin Hsin Ming is a beautiful Zen poem considered to be one of the very first, if not the first, Chinese Zen documents written. I hope to walk through some, if not all, of this profound Zen poem in this series I’ll call “A…
