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Fuki, welcome to American politics and propaganda. I'd say it's more about love for our parents, zen parents, who brought us to a new opening in life. It's a maturation process to love our parents and then go beyond to find our lives.
linda

If you ask me, I've often thought that so-called beat zen would be good fading into history. I live near the hub of beat (SFO) and people influenced by it. I came later and can't claim hippie genes. 50 years later, we're still hearing stories about a wondrous cultural experiment, stuck in the past f...

dear ones, the best we can do is stop keeping score. And, if you ask me, practice gets too much credit.

Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow.
Just walk beside me and be my friend. Albert Camus

Ruth Fuller Sasaki .... she has earned a place in American Zen History. Recalling the Great Zen Pioneer: Ruth Fuller Sasaki, James Ford, Oct 2017: https://www.patheos.com/blogs/monkeymind/2017/10/recalling-great-zen-pioneer-ruth-fuller-sasaki.html Zen Pioneer: The Life and Works of Ruth Fuller Sasak...

so, is this about gambling

Make no mistake.... this is not about zen people. It is zen, feet on the ground. WE don't need more identity spirituality, just like we don't need more identity politics. sigh Zen Is All of Life: Remembering Roshi Bernie Glassman https://www.lionsroar.com/zen-is-all-of-life-remembering-roshi-bernie-...

je ne sais quoi

koans don't focus, they are alive

Well Joe, Posting a koan independently like this is not my style. snip, snip This crossed my path again this weekend. I have heard it many times. here u go: The Gateless Gate, by Ekai, called Mu-mon, tr. Nyogen Senzaki and Paul Reps [1934], at sacred-texts.com 5. Kyogen Mounts the Tree Kyogen said: ...

yes Fuki, thanks for the wise and compassionate words. We all do the best we can, no blame. Yet, for me, zen practice is about not believing our stories. At least that had a prominent place in my past... yes, ofc, we can't make ourselves do such things. I often think of our friend Oushi in such case...

Sorry, I walked the streets of NYC late at night when I was in college.... 42nd St to the Port Authority for the bus back to college from the train station... and I've been to Harlem and stood in line at the Apollo. NYC is a lot safer these days. Fear is not too helpful.... I know how to keep my eye...

What a predicament we have here! Spike had the tiger by the tail the first time. My teacher always said, show me. It's the koan way. If this had not been separated from the original post where I put it, it could have been a way shower. Instead, we have another koan in a separate box. no way to live ...

my money is on Spike, indeed, it's not a choice. neither is it about thinking about no thinking or any variation there of. my teacher always said, show me. arf, arf

a koan for the question of zen thinking of no thought.

This crossed my path again this weekend. I have heard it many times. here u go: The Gateless Gate, by Ekai, called Mu-mon, tr. Nyogen Senzaki and Paul Reps [1934], at sacred-texts.com 5. Kyogen Mounts the Tree Kyogen said: "Zen is like a man hanging in a tree by his teeth over a precipice. His hands...

what Fuki, Spike and Larry said.... except offer what money you are willing.... forget the assessments of motive. a ride home would be fine, if nothing else. or simply a telephone call, or just saying "I'm glad you came in... are the kids waiting, or whatever. none of us are in a position to know wh...

A blast from the past... I once had the CD before I gave it away. have been looking for it since, it turned up on FB.

Jack Kerouac, Ain't We Got Fun:

hi Enver, I was wondering if that is you... check the other music thread....

In all my years in zen, I have never heard anyone refer to this. ofc, I know what it is, Jung might say it's about synchronicity, but don't quote me. there is simultaneity in things. and bees arise around flowers.