Zen Space

oh sure. But, what is the problem with talking to each other. Who is it that needs to quote an authority figure.

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

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.

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.

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......

perception belongs to the thinking mind. in emptiness, there is awareness.

Condolences Michael. Blessing and love to you and all who loved him.
linda

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.

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...

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...

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.

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-...

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