Author Archives: Jean Low

teisho 1293 (2012) The Diamond sutra is one of the sutras of the Prajna Paramita tradition.  The Prajna Paramita wipes it all away, it describes your face before your parents were born.  The Pajna Paramita hridaya is also a perfect … Continue reading →

teisho 1118 (2008) One of the things that many people feel is that there is a higher self, a real self, a cosmic self, and that we have to make contact with that higher self.  And so the tendency is … Continue reading →

teisho 559 (1997) Life can only be lived now.  And when life is lived now, it is real.  When we allow ourselves to get distracted by the past, by imagination, by the future, we no longer live.  It is as … Continue reading →

I was looking through a list of music on Albert’s computer, when in the midst of all the composers and music titles I saw ‘Teisho’. When I opened the file I found fifteen teishos, or ‘fifteen songs’ as they were … Continue reading →

teisho 1362 (2015) If we are going to practice Zen, particularly on sesshin, it must be one wholehearted practice.  Everything must be directed towards the question ‘Who am I?’    How would you answer this question?  There is only one response, … Continue reading →

teisho 1039 (2006) This teisho was based on some talks given by Ma Tsu. He said that those who seek the dharma should not seek for anything. To sit in order to become a buddha, to become awakened, is a … Continue reading →