Bunan Bosatsu: It is the shop that was mutually conceived and manifested by two of the instances of the totality of life that illusorily consider themselves to be distinct.... how's that?
You: wow
Bunan Bosatsu: HA!
ryusho Ort: thank you sir!
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
All I need to know
"The main way to practice is to see that your disturbing emotions and concepts exist only in relative reality. They do not exist in genuine reality, and ultimately they are self-liberated. See that it is the same for all contradictions and conflicting appearances—they exist only in relative reality; ultimately, their nature is self-liberated equality. So whatever manifests in your life, look directly at the essence of mind in that very moment, and let go and relax in its true nature, unborn, beyond conceptual fabrication, inexpressible."
~Khenpo Tsültrim Gyamtso Rinpoche
~Khenpo Tsültrim Gyamtso Rinpoche
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
The most important teaching
Q: What is the most important teaching the guru can give?
A: To really see.
(thanks to Christoph Klonk for providing the setting for me to really see the answer)
A: To really see.
(thanks to Christoph Klonk for providing the setting for me to really see the answer)
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Dogs
I have been afraid of meeting dogs while walking. A number of things led to this. A bit embarrassing. I spot a dog or hear a bark, and my heart jumps. I don't understand dogs...
A sudden thought: Why are you letting the dog control you? Oh, this feels true. A feeling of taking back my power.
_/!\_
A sudden thought: Why are you letting the dog control you? Oh, this feels true. A feeling of taking back my power.
_/!\_
Saturday, June 7, 2008
Lonely Path
STUDENT: The loneliness you've described is really nothing more that the root of the tree you were talking about earlier, except viewed from a slightly different perspective, right?
TRUNGPA RINPOCHE: What do you mean by "nothing more than"?
S: Nothing really is, and so nothing can really be more, can it?
TR: That's right, yes.
S: So loneliness and the root of the tree are describing the same thing.
TR: Yes. I think as you go along, the rug is pulled out from under your feet. So there are different stages of that.
S: But the thing that occurred to me that is kind of cute is that there's no condition under which the root of the tree isn't, which means that everything is the path. Okay?
TR: Yes.
S: If the root of the tree equals loneliness and loneliness equals the path, then you can't really fall off, right?
TR: That's right. And you see, that then gives the understanding that once you are on the path, you can't shake it off, so to speak. It becomes part of you, all the time, whether you like it or not. Once you begin to join in, you can't undo it, because you can't undo your basic being.
S: Thank you.
TR: So there's no need to look for security.
S: It's not there. I mean, there's no security anyway.
TR: It's not there, right. That's right. That's a good one.
~The Path is the Goal: A Basic Handbook of Buddhist Meditation, Chogyam Trungpa
TRUNGPA RINPOCHE: What do you mean by "nothing more than"?
S: Nothing really is, and so nothing can really be more, can it?
TR: That's right, yes.
S: So loneliness and the root of the tree are describing the same thing.
TR: Yes. I think as you go along, the rug is pulled out from under your feet. So there are different stages of that.
S: But the thing that occurred to me that is kind of cute is that there's no condition under which the root of the tree isn't, which means that everything is the path. Okay?
TR: Yes.
S: If the root of the tree equals loneliness and loneliness equals the path, then you can't really fall off, right?
TR: That's right. And you see, that then gives the understanding that once you are on the path, you can't shake it off, so to speak. It becomes part of you, all the time, whether you like it or not. Once you begin to join in, you can't undo it, because you can't undo your basic being.
S: Thank you.
TR: So there's no need to look for security.
S: It's not there. I mean, there's no security anyway.
TR: It's not there, right. That's right. That's a good one.
~The Path is the Goal: A Basic Handbook of Buddhist Meditation, Chogyam Trungpa
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Sacred World
Walking, pondering my role in new undertakings, looking and listening...
* Passing pine trees -- such fragrance! -- asking nothing in return.
* The robin listens, seeking her sustenance from the earth.
* The fat baby robin expects to be fed by its mother. Innocence and trust.
* The hawk slowly circles in the blue sky. Far-seeing vision.
* Walking on fresh laid paths.
* Laying new paths has exposed old tree roots.
* The trees let go their seeds and the wind takes them where it will.
* Songs of many birds; each contributes to the symphony.
* A rustling in the bushes, very near; a skunk! Potential danger is avoided by keeping a safe distance.
* Feeling remarkably invigorated by this walk.
* Passing an American couple walking hand in hand, I am reminded of the Karmapa's statement: in the US, he felt freedom for the first time.
* I am surrounded by people taking their ease.
* Immediately on my return I hear the soft chime from the computer - reminding me yet again; time to pause.
_/!\_
* Passing pine trees -- such fragrance! -- asking nothing in return.
* The robin listens, seeking her sustenance from the earth.
* The fat baby robin expects to be fed by its mother. Innocence and trust.
* The hawk slowly circles in the blue sky. Far-seeing vision.
* Walking on fresh laid paths.
* Laying new paths has exposed old tree roots.
* The trees let go their seeds and the wind takes them where it will.
* Songs of many birds; each contributes to the symphony.
* A rustling in the bushes, very near; a skunk! Potential danger is avoided by keeping a safe distance.
* Feeling remarkably invigorated by this walk.
* Passing an American couple walking hand in hand, I am reminded of the Karmapa's statement: in the US, he felt freedom for the first time.
* I am surrounded by people taking their ease.
* Immediately on my return I hear the soft chime from the computer - reminding me yet again; time to pause.
_/!\_
Friday, May 30, 2008
The Mindful Clock
I've downloaded the Mindful Clock. The software is provided free on the website of the Washington Mindfulness Community, inspired by the teachings of Buddhism and of Thich Nhat Hanh. Once you install it and do minor configuration, it sounds a lovely meditation bell every hour (or every 15 minutes, or random), at which point, at the urging of zen teacher Thich Nhat Hanh, you stop whatever you're doing and follow your breath until the bell is finished sounding. This gentle reminder seems tailor made for playasbeing (and vice versa).
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