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02-15-2016, 12:22 PM | #61 (permalink) |
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People are scared to empty their minds
fearing that they will be engulfed by the void. What they don’t realise is that their own mind is the void. - Huang Po Confused by thoughts we experience duality. Unencumbered by ideas the Enlightened see the one Reality. - Hui-Heng To awaken suddenly to the fact that your own Mind is the Buddha, that there is nothing to be attained or a single action to be performed - this is the Supreme Way. - Huang-Po The Great Tao is without form, The Absolute is without opposite; It is both empty and unmoving, It is not within the flow of Samsara; The Three Realms do not contain it, It is not within past, future, or present. - Nan-chuan Pu-yuan There are people who fear falling into emptiness. Little do they know that demons have arisen in their minds. They can neither empty their minds nor get enlightened. And there are those who strongly seek enlightenment, not understanding that seeking enlightenment and wanting to attain Buddhahood are all grave wandering thoughts. One cannot cook sand hoping to eat rice. - Master Empty Cloud (Hsu-yun) Master Empty Cloud? Haha. Brilliant name. |
02-15-2016, 02:13 PM | #62 (permalink) |
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Who can free himself of achievement and fame
Then descend and be lost Amidst the masses of men? He will flow like Tao, unseen… He will go about like life itself, With no name and no home. Simple is he, without. To all appearances he is a fool. His steps leave no trace. He has no power. He achieves nothing. He has no reputation. Since he judges no one, No one judges him. Such is the perfect man. His boat is empty. – Chuang Tzu |
02-16-2016, 09:11 AM | #63 (permalink) |
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A collection of short poems by Ikkyu, oft considered one of the most significant and eccentric figures in Japanese Zen history. He was supposedly quite a drinker, and a troublemaker, but also a wonderful transmitter and translator of Zen.
Many paths lead from The foot of the mountain But at the peak We all gaze at the Single bright moon. - Ikkyu Rain and hail, snow and ice Are divided from one another; But after they fall, They are the same water Of the stream in the valley. - Ikkyu To write something and leave it behind us, It is but a dream. When we awake we know There is not even anyone to read it. - Ikkyu Look at the cherry blossoms! Their color and scent fall with them, Are gone forever, Yet mindless The spring comes again. - Ikkyu When it blows, The mountain wind is boisterous, But when it blows not, It simply blows not. - Ikkyu The vast flood Rolls onward But yield yourself, And it floats you upon it. - Ikkyu On the sea of death and life, The diver's boat is frightened With "Is" and "Is not"; But if the bottom is broken through, "Is" and "Is not" disappear. - Ikkyu I would like To offer you something, But in the Zen school We have nothing at all. - Ikkyu |
02-17-2016, 02:51 PM | #64 (permalink) |
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Two poems from the 18th century English mystic William Blake.
The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way. Some see nature all ridicule and deformity... and some scarce see nature at all. But to the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself. - William Blake To see a world in a grain of sand and a heaven in a wild flower, hold infinity in the palm of your hand and eternity in an hour. - William Blake |
02-19-2016, 05:06 AM | #65 (permalink) |
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Have you ever seen
anything in your life more wonderful than the way the sun, every evening, relaxed and easy, floats toward the horizon and into the clouds or the hills, or the rumpled sea, and is gone— and how it slides again out of the blackness, every morning, on the other side of the world, like a red flower streaming upward on its heavenly oils, say, on a morning in early summer, at its perfect imperial distance— and have you ever felt for anything such wild love— do you think there is anywhere, in any language, a word billowing enough for the pleasure that fills you, as the sun reaches out, as it warms you as you stand there, empty-handed— or have you too turned from this world— or have you too gone crazy for power, for things? - Mary Oliver You may not agree, you may not care but if you are holding this book you should know that of all the sights I love in this world — and there are plenty — very near the top of the list is this one: dogs without leashes. - Mary Oliver Last edited by Mr. Charlie; 02-19-2016 at 05:24 AM. |
02-24-2016, 01:08 PM | #66 (permalink) |
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Where there is great doubt,
there will be great awakening; small doubt, small awakening; no doubt, no awakening. - Anon You’re bound to become a buddha if you practice. If water drips long enough Even rocks wear through. It’s not true thick skulls can’t be pierced; People just imagine their minds are hard. - Shih-wu Things are not what they seem; Nor are they otherwise. - Lankavatara Sutra So many gods So many creeds That wind and wind, While just the art Of being kind Is all the sad world needs. - Ella Wheeler Wilcox The mind is very difficult to see, Very delicate and subtle; It moves and lands wherever it pleases. The wise one should guard his mind, For a guarded mind brings happiness. - Buddha Last edited by Mr. Charlie; 02-24-2016 at 01:20 PM. |
01-25-2017, 05:39 PM | #67 (permalink) |
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What a great thread! A treasure chest no less, full of wonders. Let's wonder some more:
Wild geese go like leaves down the sky. How should that be easy for the traveler to hear? A thousand mountains, ten thousand streams, where can we meet again? Our faces won’t last like jade. Life’s more like clouds. If your way takes you to the temple of the Third Patriarch of Zen, make us all one: lay an offering by the grave. - Anon If you want to be a mountain-dweller... no need to trek to India to find one. I have a thousand peaks to pick right here on the lake. Fragrant grasses and white clouds hold me here. What holds you there, world-dweller? - Chiao Jan A falcon hovers at the edge of the sky. Two gulls drift slowly up the river. Vulnerable while they ride the wind, they coast and glide with ease. Dew is heavy on the grass below, the spider's web is ready. Heaven's ways include the human: among a thousand sorrows, I stand alone. - Du Fu To learn how to die, watch cherry blossoms, observe chrysanthemums. - Anon |
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