James Daikan Bastien

Daikan Sensei is a dharma heir of Roshi Bernie Glassman, on faculty at the Engaged Mindfulness Institute , & founder of Mindfulway Counseling Services, LLC.

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Without personal transformation, activism fails. Freedom from delusion is the key ingredient for cooking the supreme meal of social change.

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@Sophia7x6 It’s a purse to keep your change in.

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Mountains sitting still
Thinking non-thinking
Eternal spring

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Began Zen teaching practice at Morgan Bay Zendo, Surry Maine

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Weekly Teaching Piece: Cannot Practice Buddhism: https://t.co/DZ2T7ylLfP

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Weekly Teaching Piece: Zen Is Keeping Don't Know Mind: https://t.co/MZ3VWB2pkG

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Everyday Mind is the Way.

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Nansen said everyday mind is the Way. Beyond knowing & not knowing. Bearing witness brings us into intimacy with everyday life & the embrace of glorious obscurity.

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“What good is it if we just make ourselves more holy? What’s the point? The point is to serve, to offer, to be the offering.” ~ Roshi Bernie Glassman

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“Even in the storm, even in the pain & wind, there is so much beauty. The whole universe appears as an infinite storm of beauty.”
Pam Bales - Pemigewasset Valley Search & Rescue Team. Reflecting on life & loss.

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“I like to think I’m, more & more, learning to live in the realm of non-duality. And one of the easiest ways is to realize everything is an opinion.” ~ Roshi Bernie