Poem, from "Spring & Asura" (First Collection)

by: Kenji Miyazawa

Aura is the light body or psychic energy field. Everyone of us is surrounded by a field of aura. But a dead body does not have one.Aura is a conscious body with divine energy.
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Seminars - "The Martial Arts Spirit" Great Success

by: Shushinkai

A session on breathing and meditation followed, in which Watanabe Shihan explained the differences between Buddhist and Taoist methods of breathing, and demonstrated how to correctly employ reverse breathing techniques. In discussing meditation, the seminar brought the principles of Ki circulation and breathing into practical application. Participants were introduced to the meditation techniques of circulating Ki energy through the aura body using the microcosmic orbit.
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Zen Buddhism

by: Shushinkai

Zen Buddhism is a technique of deep meditation and intense personal reflection based around a Buddhist philosophy.
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The Heart of Sutra of Prajnaparamita (Buddha's Wisdom)

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"... in emptiness there is neither form, nor sensation, nor perception, nor volition, nor consciousness"
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One More Step

by: Master Hakuin

Perched motionless at the tip of a hundred foot pole....................
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Muddy Road

by: Nyogen Senzaki & Paul Reps

Coming around a bend, they met a lovely girl in a silk kimono and sash, unable to cross the intersection.
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Children learn art for kicks

by: OBSERVER (local newspaper)

...In the NORTHERN suburban community halls and backyards, karate kids are practising their punches and honing their martial arts moves...
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