tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6701454427705864554.post6969700413176962059..comments2023-07-05T06:34:46.009-07:00Comments on 7thzenpatriarch: an3drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15822554034818405099noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6701454427705864554.post-87204803880983950442013-12-23T19:51:22.212-08:002013-12-23T19:51:22.212-08:00I wouldn't bother with that analysis of The Mi...I wouldn't bother with that analysis of The Mirror. If you want any words about it, go to the source: "Sculpting in Time". <br />The only Tarkovsky film I haven't seen yet is "Ivan's Childhood." Stalker is my favorite, followed by Nostalghia and Andrei Rublev. (Not that it matters) <br />If you read his words, you'll find that he had very high ideals for the role of the artist, and little patience for the crap that passes as cinema (even "art" cinema, for that matter)<br /><br />As for "losing is satori", Tarkovsky expressed this deeply -- literally in Stalker, but elsewhere. <br />The advice is sound; you can't just hope to absorb all the "best" stuff and hope to have some understanding at the end. Too linear, too sheltered. You could use a little descent into madness (pick your poison)...<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05780043240144875550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6701454427705864554.post-23927703862971801372013-12-23T12:45:44.423-08:002013-12-23T12:45:44.423-08:00Nice analysis of Tarkovsky's The Mirror:
http...Nice analysis of Tarkovsky's The Mirror:<br /><br />http://www.leftfieldcinema.com/andrei-tarkovsky-mirrorSepehrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13365353294073196966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6701454427705864554.post-70475337535154008862013-12-23T04:16:41.630-08:002013-12-23T04:16:41.630-08:00Sepehr you are highly intelligent but also very yo...Sepehr you are highly intelligent but also very young. You're a little bit to preoccupied with what is the Highest, Greatest, Strongest, - I think in time, as one is beaten by life, and when ideals wane, things start becoming more interesting, and less Highest, less Strongest, less Fittest, less Ubermensch! the best Soto master of the 20th century said: "winning is illusion. losing is satori." - read his stuff here I recommend, I promise you'll be entertained.<br /><br />http://antaiji.dogen-zen.de/eng/kodo-sawaki-to-you.shtmlPxZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18274894834393896182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6701454427705864554.post-44105022102873578422013-12-22T20:18:34.251-08:002013-12-22T20:18:34.251-08:00Poetry is the highest form of human and creative e...Poetry is the highest form of human and creative expression and nothing can have precedence over it. No discursive intellectual argument can prove this truth. Just finished watching Tarkovsky's The Mirror. Plan to re-watch in the future alongside this notes: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072443/synopsis<br /><br />I will also transcribe the interspersed poems from Arseny Tarkovsky too.<br /><br />Next week I plan to read a lot of the poetry from your reading list too, an3drew. I really don't know where I've been all these years... Poetry really is like the blood of the soul, so to speak.Sepehrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13365353294073196966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6701454427705864554.post-56254326533283159102013-12-22T20:11:58.431-08:002013-12-22T20:11:58.431-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Sepehrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13365353294073196966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6701454427705864554.post-42633712469831325922013-12-22T19:54:13.200-08:002013-12-22T19:54:13.200-08:00well provide the evidence ! quote something that i...well provide the evidence ! quote something that is worthy of a masterwork !?<br /><br />lol, like looking through a rubbish tip for the diamond that's not there isn't it :o)(<br />an3drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15822554034818405099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6701454427705864554.post-25128101415742141352013-12-22T19:42:44.867-08:002013-12-22T19:42:44.867-08:00I still think the Diamond Sutra is a masterwork , ...I still think the Diamond Sutra is a masterwork , both from an aesthetical & religious & philosophical point of view. PxZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18274894834393896182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6701454427705864554.post-77182305668194204762013-12-22T19:40:02.777-08:002013-12-22T19:40:02.777-08:00But all you do is call us all unenlightened and st...But all you do is call us all unenlightened and stupid. I don't disagree, I am unenlightened and stupid. Is it useful, though? If you have nothing to offer to improve us, then what do you have? What are the words good for? Entertainment? PxZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18274894834393896182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6701454427705864554.post-70712741169506968882013-12-22T19:39:54.912-08:002013-12-22T19:39:54.912-08:00yeah but the diamond sutra is erroneous crap ! bei...yeah but the diamond sutra is erroneous crap ! being abuddhist is crap ! the only savior is yourself, ......................<br /><br />reddit zen is just a nightmare of people protecting erroneous intellectual investments..............an3drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15822554034818405099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6701454427705864554.post-48930157119832972252013-12-22T19:29:35.682-08:002013-12-22T19:29:35.682-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.PxZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18274894834393896182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6701454427705864554.post-89075476007467472952013-12-22T19:28:37.203-08:002013-12-22T19:28:37.203-08:00I keep an open mind. Unlike the braindeads at Zen ...I keep an open mind. Unlike the braindeads at Zen such as ewk, I'm not 100% engraved. I'm here to learn from you. I'm not here to troll. If I didn't think I can expand using this blog, I wouldn't come here! But when you piss on my favourite Sutra, expect a little repercussion! Same goes for other Buddhists. PxZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18274894834393896182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6701454427705864554.post-54832783923970388122013-12-22T18:40:43.199-08:002013-12-22T18:40:43.199-08:00not wasting your time on erroneous stuff !not wasting your time on erroneous stuff !an3drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15822554034818405099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6701454427705864554.post-29254716872333086132013-12-22T18:23:47.515-08:002013-12-22T18:23:47.515-08:00Why hope for anything?
As you said: "Life is...Why hope for anything?<br /><br />As you said: "Life is not successful."<br /><br />What do people think "understanding" would bring? Personal benefits?PxZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18274894834393896182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6701454427705864554.post-79809764869572471082013-12-22T18:22:04.088-08:002013-12-22T18:22:04.088-08:00None.None.PxZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18274894834393896182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6701454427705864554.post-5472277871114780682013-12-22T17:39:19.592-08:002013-12-22T17:39:19.592-08:00your youth is gone and you still don't underst...your youth is gone and you still don't understand, what hope is there?an3drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15822554034818405099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6701454427705864554.post-26435766732901365422013-12-22T17:29:14.021-08:002013-12-22T17:29:14.021-08:00Our Lord Buddha sometimes calls it emptiness, othe...Our Lord Buddha sometimes calls it emptiness, other times he calls it The One Bright Pearl, depending on the occasion and the audience. I remember from my youth: "Do not give what is holy to the dogs; nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you in pieces." The Flower Garland Sutra puts it this way: "The mind is the painter that paints everything in the world." Black stream purling ...PxZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18274894834393896182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6701454427705864554.post-39301282733010552132013-12-22T17:27:55.013-08:002013-12-22T17:27:55.013-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.PxZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18274894834393896182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6701454427705864554.post-73055589018482463662013-12-22T17:24:31.836-08:002013-12-22T17:24:31.836-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.PxZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18274894834393896182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6701454427705864554.post-76241073190602749782013-12-22T16:51:31.999-08:002013-12-22T16:51:31.999-08:00a diamond sparkles and shines
lighting
the
stre...a diamond sparkles and shines<br /><br />lighting<br /><br />the<br /><br />stream<br /><br />some<br /><br />call<br /><br />it<br /><br />void !<br /><br />:o)(an3drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15822554034818405099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6701454427705864554.post-71633625085041542442013-12-22T14:57:46.057-08:002013-12-22T14:57:46.057-08:00from the Diamond
void stream purling
empty and l...from the Diamond<br /><br />void stream purling<br /><br />empty and liquid<br /><br />a bubble in the stream<br /><br />a dream!<br /><br />a candle-flame that sputters and! <br /><br />gonePxZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18274894834393896182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6701454427705864554.post-60829935313666132272013-12-22T14:53:31.724-08:002013-12-22T14:53:31.724-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.PxZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18274894834393896182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6701454427705864554.post-2276141267337431262013-12-22T14:16:21.490-08:002013-12-22T14:16:21.490-08:00zakaj, rubbish saying only the intelligent can und...zakaj, rubbish saying only the intelligent can understand it is still rubbish ! god, what's upstairs with you, no wonder you are such a tangled mess !<br /><br />sepehr g. the platform sutra is a garbled mess as well tho there are signs of an original mind there !<br /><br />an3drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15822554034818405099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6701454427705864554.post-54983877375697731802013-12-22T13:27:34.758-08:002013-12-22T13:27:34.758-08:00I think he mentions somewhere else that the meanin...I think he mentions somewhere else that the meaning of the Diamond Sutra was lost through cultural context.<br /><br />I can kinda understand because it's disputable whether the Diamond Sutra was pointing to "non-dualism". Even certain translations of The Platform Sutra seem to give off a different vibe than what contemporary Soto Zen Buddhists or whatever say. Sepehrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13365353294073196966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6701454427705864554.post-72879335722407393132013-12-22T08:59:52.119-08:002013-12-22T08:59:52.119-08:00You call the Diamond Sutra worthless and useless ....You call the Diamond Sutra worthless and useless ...<br /><br />The Sixth Patriarch said: "Learned Audience: If you wish to penetrate the deepest mystery of the Dharma-world and experience the deepest realisation (samadhi) of Prajna, you should practice Prajna by reciting and studying the Diamond Sutra (the Vajrakkhedika) which will enable you to realise Essence of Mind . You should know that the merit for studying this Sutra is distinctly set forth in the text in laudatory terms; it is immeasurable and illimitable and cannot be enumerated in detail. This Sutra expounds the highest thought of Buddhism and our Lord Buddha delivered it specially for the very wise and quick-witted. The less wise and the slow-witted doubt its credibility."<br /><br />Ouch!PxZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18274894834393896182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6701454427705864554.post-90683669739705100372013-12-21T20:30:05.323-08:002013-12-21T20:30:05.323-08:00I went ahead and torrented The Mirror. I haven'...I went ahead and torrented The Mirror. I haven't seen Tarkovsky's other films besides Stalker. I look forward to watching it.<br /><br />I've watched a lot of Ingmar Bergman btw. I like Tarkovsky more to be honest. Art house films in general are great.Sepehrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13365353294073196966noreply@blogger.com