Tao Te Ching

The Power of Goodness, the Wisdom Beyond Words

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Toni Packer

1927 – 2013 CE

A Zen teacher minus the 'Zen' and minus the 'teacher.’

Toni Packer (1927 – 2013)
Dropped-out successor to famous Zen teacher Phillip Kapleau, developer of the "meditative inquiry" practice, and founder of the Springwater Center; Toni Packer grew up in Nazi Germany needing to hide her Jewish heritage while becoming increasingly skeptical of authority. Following in the Krishnamurti lineage of spiritual anti-authoritarianism, she stopped calling herself a “Buddhist” and became "...a Zen teacher minus the 'Zen' and minus the 'teacher.’ ” Exiled from the Rochester Zen Center, she taught finding the essence, the sense, the true meaning hidden by dogma, rituals, organized religions and cultural traditions.

Lineages
Central European Jewish Skeptic Women of Wisdom Zen

Eras

Western

Post-Romantic Age (1850 – 2018 CE)

Sources

Light of Discovery

Quotes by Toni Packer (9 quotes)

“The solution of the problem lies in seeing it—in the seeing, without wanting a solution, or dissolution—just seeing what’s there”

from Light of Discovery

Chapters: 27. No Trace

Themes: Wu Wei

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“In the expectation of wonderful things to happen in the future, one doesn’t hear the sound of the wind and rain, the breath and heartbeat this instant.”

from Light of Discovery

Chapters: 16. Returning to the Root, Meditation

Themes: Awakened Awareness

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“To really be with the raw stuff of this moment doesn't need identification or labeling.”

from Light of Discovery

Chapters: 1. The Unnamed

Themes: Words or the sense?

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“It's such a relief to realize that we don't have to be anything.”

from Light of Discovery

Chapters: 33. Know Yourself