Weekend Stories<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kansha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kansha</span></a> (感謝), gratitude in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Zen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Zen</span></a>, signifies radical acceptance of all life conditions — pleasant or difficult — as integral to reality. Unlike selective gratitude, kansha embodies interdependence and humility, fostering ethical conduct and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/compassion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>compassion</span></a>. It is a transformative practice central to Buddhist insight.</p><p>🌍 <a href="https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-08-08-kansha/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_</span><span class="invisible">stories/told/2025/2025-08-08-kansha/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WeekendStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeekendStories</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Buddhism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Buddhism</span></a></p>
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#Gaman (我慢) in #Zen #Buddhism signifies enduring patience and dignified perseverance. Unlike passive resignation, it is active endurance rooted in clarity and acceptance. Gaman cultivates #equanimity and resilience, reflecting the Buddhist ideal of meeting adversity without complaint or resistance.
https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-08-07-gaman/
Good Morning 
and have a great day.
Daily #Zen #Buddhism 
by Linda Yuan
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#Heijōshin (平常心), or "everyday mind", is a central #Zen concept denoting mental #equanimity that is natural, integrated, and non-dualistic. Unlike states of #samādhi or #kenshō, it emphasizes #awakening within ordinary life, challenging spiritual exceptionalism and affirming liberation in daily experience.
https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-08-06-hejoshin/
My grandfather didn’t know he was a Taoist.
He had fished the river Awe for sixty years.
Life is sensed as a flowing movement,
a power like wind or water. When he cast,
it was the bank that moved, not the river…
—Lorn Macintyre, “Satori”
published in The Bridport Prize Anthology 2013 (Redcliffe Press, 2013)
#HotsuBodaishin, arousing the mind of #awakening, marks the #Mahāyāna Buddhist vow to seek #enlightenment for all beings. In #Zen, this aspiration is continually renewed, integrating #wisdom and compassion as a relational, #ethical practice — distinguishing it from individualistic paths. Here, we briefly explore its significance in Zen #philosophy and practice, emphasizing its role in cultivating a compassionate, engaged presence in the world.
https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-08-06-hotsu_bodaishin/
Good Morning and have a great day.
Daily #Zen #Buddhism
by David Suaza
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"The past has not gone; the present is a fleeting moment; the future is not yet to come."
– Huangbo Xiyun
Daily #Zen #Buddhism #Xiyun #HuangboXiyun
#Fudōshin (不動心), the "immovable mind", is a central #Zen concept denoting inner stability and #equanimity amid change. Rooted in Buddhist teachings on #impermanence (#anicca) and non-self (#anatta), it embodies resilience not through suppression, but through adaptive presence and non-reactivity. In this post, we briefly explore its significance in Zen practice and philosophy.
https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/2025-08-06-fudoshin/