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- Sat Dec 07, 2019 2:01 am
- Forum: Zen Buddhism
- Topic: The Social Media Sutra
- Replies: 3
- Views: 53
Re: The Social Media Sutra
oh sure. But, what is the problem with talking to each other. Who is it that needs to quote an authority figure.
- Sun Dec 01, 2019 8:27 pm
- Forum: Zen Buddhism
- Topic: A Zen Story
- Replies: 17
- Views: 726
Re: A Zen Story
Oh Contrarian!
taking yr hand off a hot stove doesn't have a lot to do with walls in the mind. so, I'd say stop! keep company with this... like walking with a friend in the woods, silently.
thus,
delete the need to understand
make no comparisons
make no judgements
linda
taking yr hand off a hot stove doesn't have a lot to do with walls in the mind. so, I'd say stop! keep company with this... like walking with a friend in the woods, silently.
thus,
delete the need to understand
make no comparisons
make no judgements
linda
- Sat Nov 30, 2019 5:06 pm
- Forum: Zen Buddhism
- Topic: A Zen Story
- Replies: 17
- Views: 726
Re: A Zen Story
Simply: yes, there is a universe of form Bokki, it's just that the borders and boundaries and other notions are absent. I hear that being said in so many ways above. no exclusions, no separations, no sorting of ideas. there still can be intelligence and action.
- Fri Nov 29, 2019 5:05 pm
- Forum: Zen Buddhism
- Topic: A Zen Story
- Replies: 17
- Views: 726
- Fri Nov 29, 2019 3:44 pm
- Forum: Zen Buddhism
- Topic: A Zen Story
- Replies: 17
- Views: 726
Re: A Zen Story
heya bokki,
as far as I understand, emptiness is not a duality, nor is it empty as in void, deaf and dumb. it's more like lacking a sense of permanency. that's as far as I can go.
as far as I understand, emptiness is not a duality, nor is it empty as in void, deaf and dumb. it's more like lacking a sense of permanency. that's as far as I can go.
- Sun Nov 24, 2019 4:44 am
- Forum: Zen Buddhism
- Topic: The Zen of Everything
- Replies: 17
- Views: 907
Re: The Zen of Everything
well, relax folks. Jundo never claimed to be a Rinzai Master. Was there any doubt? So far, I have listened to #1, sounds good for some perhaps. Jundo says that he is a cat person (ha, good, good) .... until he says that a cat's nature is to hunt which he calls "un-zen" (ha, bad, bad) haha. Whoops......
- Fri Aug 30, 2019 11:47 pm
- Forum: Zen Buddhism
- Topic: A Zen Story
- Replies: 17
- Views: 726
Re: A Zen Story
perception belongs to the thinking mind. in emptiness, there is awareness.
- Sun Aug 25, 2019 3:58 pm
- Forum: Artwork by Forum Members
- Topic: Death Poems
- Replies: 41
- Views: 2430
Re: Death Poems
Condolences Michael. Blessing and love to you and all who loved him.
linda
linda
- Sat Aug 24, 2019 1:51 pm
- Forum: Zen Buddhism
- Topic: Mindar
- Replies: 4
- Views: 308
Re: Mindar
Goto is no fuddy-duddy priest.
Whatever we think, it breaks the mold concepts. imv, Buddhism is ripe for a modern imagination. Robot is a no-self thingy, free of causes and conditions, wires and metal... until it encounters illusion pursuing illusion in the programing.

- Thu Aug 22, 2019 3:27 pm
- Forum: Zen Buddhism
- Topic: grace
- Replies: 38
- Views: 1209
Re: grace
Right on Clyde. I'd say that there are more than a few awakened beings walking around. We don't hear about most of them, no one is claiming or measuring .... The idea that it must be confirmed belongs to the traditions claiming that. ok. Spontaneous is a tricky word tho.... it implies a before and a...
- Thu Aug 22, 2019 2:00 pm
- Forum: Zen People
- Topic: Koun Franz (19?? - not dead yet)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 273
Re: Koun Franz (19?? - not dead yet)
Koun talks about cold ash and a withered tree in the same way. My first encounter with zen was the withered tree image.... as I heard it "the golden wind revealing itself". Koun says "it's story is over". Thus, the withered tree is an old friend for me. If memory serves, the whole thing goes somethi...
- Wed Aug 21, 2019 2:58 am
- Forum: Zen People
- Topic: Koun Franz (19?? - not dead yet)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 273
Re: Koun Franz (19?? - not dead yet)
no, we don't all come in looking for something... and if we do, first thing we hear if we are lucky is that if we look for it.... it isn't it.
- Thu Jul 18, 2019 4:19 am
- Forum: Zen Buddhism
- Topic: American Zen - A Brief History
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1205
Re: American Zen - A Brief History
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
linda
- Tue Jul 16, 2019 2:06 pm
- Forum: Zen Buddhism
- Topic: American Zen - A Brief History
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1205
Re: American Zen - A Brief History
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...
- Sun Jul 14, 2019 5:49 am
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Entry into Emptiness
- Replies: 38
- Views: 1262
Re: Entry into Emptiness
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
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
- Sun Jul 14, 2019 5:24 am
- Forum: Zen Buddhism
- Topic: American Zen - A Brief History
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1205
Re: American Zen - A Brief History
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...
- Wed Jul 10, 2019 5:22 am
- Forum: Zen Events
- Topic: A cross zen dialogue
- Replies: 3
- Views: 451
Re: Music
so, is this about gambling
- Wed Jun 26, 2019 5:17 am
- Forum: Zen Buddhism
- Topic: Zen is all of Life
- Replies: 18
- Views: 972
Zen is all of Life
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-...
- Sat Jun 15, 2019 2:57 am
- Forum: Zen Buddhism
- Topic: Mumonkan Case 5
- Replies: 93
- Views: 4124
Re: Mumonkan Case 5
je ne sais quoi