a critique of lisa cairns, advaita is really exploring new stratospheres of plain wank !

centuries

i quite like john  sherman !

sense

a dan parody, i liked it, sorta unhinges a bit to laugh at the bullshit that is fed

fanciful

stupidity

a zen koan

is zazen screwed up yoga ? at least with yoga they move through different positions to get what are effective cardiovascular health promoting stretches and also make noises like ommm to stimulate the immune system in the nasal passages and lungs !

neo-advaita  speak,  not that different from zen actually ! well maybe a little different ! anyway it's killed zen, more clued teachers, not the stupid zazen bullshit and elaborate rituals

to be honest i feel more comfortable being the 7th patriarch of a decayed ruin !

function

poor

mysterion

a

crippled

fake

a

star

burst

in

his

brain

years

ago

leaving dregs !

   sorta like looking into a sewer the hard core zen blog !  : o )

talk about dai kensho

slashie

transmission

kamakaze

the big thing in genpo "roshi's" favour is he is doing something for money which is sane ! it is insane to volunteer your life away to something worthless which both brad warner and i do so we have that in common

for all my failings i pay attention to my health so it's not quite rock bottom, but depressing all the same !

the body can be like a sound house that you always carry with you !

anyway the whole teacher student relationship is screwed and not part of 7th patriarch zen nor part of the sixth patriarch's agenda

what is called zen these days is a japanese sickness !

just visualise da free john/adi da /franklin jones whatever with short hair in that previous video clip and you will see him for what he is, a contracted, stupid old man ! prematurely aged too from whoring his whole life !

all these mythic people, buddha, jesus, da free john, even brad warner depend on the suppression of criticism, otherwise they just look like ordinary nits ! jesus was way malfunctional for sure ! buddha a prim arrogant shit and brad warner, well not too bright actually tho he has an intelligence of sorts !

lol, no replies i guess, once people realise they may be up on my web site for the next thirty years at least they get very reticent : o )

i keep all my data well backed up too, including a bootable hard disk copy (casper is very good !) !

yeah you have to delete  criticism  or he and you don't look so good do you ? as i said he's stuck INSIDE the house and it's why his life was so “unhealthy”, it's all toxic top to bottom and buyllshit to boot

HAH! i have been blocked from commenting !

cease

it's funny how the hardcore zen blog has become quite coherent after my little sojourn there

you can see them clearly for what they are, ordinary minds totally out of their depth with the subject matter and that includes the zen masters and i guess zen generally !

minds

something very interesting about barry graham

i so love this  picture  "trees in the asylum" by van gogh

it's

zen

exactly !

found a bit of dogen that can be straightened out !

brad warner, some sensible advice for you down the bottom of my comment about your subtle use of policing on the hardcore zen blog

i bet you'd rather die than reply here wouldn't you ?

anyone ever tell you zero defects sucks? i mean honestly  : o )

2nd post deleted by barry graham, a good reply too

this fundamental inability to be objective about criticism means you can't have seen infinity/buddha properly by a long way

the only person i ever met who was able and encouraged this sort of thing was toni packer

i don't know of any zen teachers alive to day who can do this, george bowman i think was quite good but still had some boundaries

that's why i, since i am authentic zen personally appointed by the sixth partiarch and as such the only real lineage holder alive today have disapproved and deregistered all zen teachers, there are three not deregistered, bowman, rizzetto and tesuten, but they are not approved !

well i'm the boss and they know it, too scared to appear on here that's for sure, there is no comment moderation on this blog, just a long line of fakes and cowards reading it!

oh and plagiarists busy pinching my material !

haven't they read the blue cliff record or shinji shobogenzo? a whole generation of teachers not even worthy to to be castigised as pretending adepts !

yellow

bellies and wankers you are challenged ! if you are and good reduce me to a weeping ragbag ! : o )

you will be treated fairly here ! let's see you, but in actual fact you will do you best to keep things very quiet about me because i am so obviously your superior !

people like barry graham get publicized because his obvious flaws make him safe, but me, they just suppress publicity and plagiarize what their small minds are capable of !

which is not much !

anyone is , i won't say welcome, but certainly permitted to post/comment, in your shoes i would take advantage of it, but you are so scared of looking like the frauds you are you just look and don't participate in anything real which of course is why you are frauds in the first place like barry graham and just mouth platitudes and clichés endlessly!

fellini

barry graham video  interview , glaswegian, he's not an idiot, quite interesting really, not the vapid non thinking twit so typical in zen ! absolutely intolerant of any criticism apparently from reading around on the web, might be to do with his upbringing which was very hard! i am going to withdraw his specific exclusion from zen, he's actually better than most !

this is a side of zen that is not really mentioned much but is very much what it is, in fact actually more so!

version 1

version 2

trungpa

barry graham is specifically excluded from zen for wanking !

he won't let this be posted

critiques of adi da

love bombing

aggrandisement of "seeming"

yeah you gutless morons reading this blog !

zen

teachers

the

reality

is

they

are

all

scared

to

post

here !

chicken

littles!

fuckwits !

han shan

7th

patriarch

approved !

nishijima

just getting into audio from my voice recorder, a short homily

sound editing next !

comment on a theological germanica paragraph "the two eyes of the soul of man cannot both perform their work at once"

perhaps a more elegant  statement  about sitting, i'm not just stirring, it's really a huge issue of people going down the wrong road, zen for instance is just full of idiots regurgitating cliches ! i don't think  springwater  has the same issues, but all the same people do not look widely enough. life is some vast nutcase illusion : o (

meister eckhart sermon  15 

basically he says that if you're on the right track, something that seems a total waste of time like me posting on the hardcore zen blog, things shift and since there is some base guiding by infinity, you have worked through something to get to a better spot so in reality it wasn't a waste of time, but really a learning experiece you have to go through to get to a new level of understanding so to speak !

in the case of the hardcorezen blog thats seeing the utter rigidity of adults, the engraving of futilestupidity by zazen, how root situations cannot changed and religion is utterly and penally INSANE !

re that video, don't look at the pictures while listening to the sermon, tho they are interesting to go through and look at separately, they disrupt the sense of the sermon if looked at the same time, the speaking part has no music, but i quite liked the symphony no. 8, op. 124 by malcom arnold !

i don't think zazen is crazy, it really is crazy and makes for crazies !

makyo

voice recorders more use than zazen

the sony ICD-BX112 or ICD-PX312 mono recording is better for these purposes

ah i think the vision thing i don't have to discuss and actually it's best not discussed and actually the nature of these things is um they are not really conveyable anyway

and john of the cross's um picture of his vision doesn't convey much it actually takes the man who didn't have the vision, salvador dali to draw something

a reasonable translation of the platform  sutra 

zen these days, a sheet of white paper with illegible drawls by colourless people !

mysterion writes ( on the hardcore zen blog)

"careful, your delusions of grandeur are showing through."

my reply:

you have never had an authentic vision so you will never understand !

i didn't want the transmission and didn't even believe in the mind to mind thing but it happened and i can't repudiate it so i am just doing things in a quiet way !

i'm going to approve tess hughes, she has had an authentic  vision

look for her in the panel on the right !

she actually saw something and was able to see what took her there and how to get back and remember it !

zazen

the problem with zen sitting and the modern lifestyle

a dog has a barking practice

then more satire and comment on practice scrolling up!

dogen as an idol

much more exciting than zen

is

it

that

sitting

meditation

screws

the

brain

or

it's

already

screwed ?

bearable

sitting: just going on the same  rails   to nowhere forever is not useful imo  : o )

since

infinite

possibilities

can

occur

then

infinity

can

occur

it's

such

a

wonderful

marvellous

thing !

those

suicide

girls

are

a

mental

hook

to

you

brad

warner !

crippling

really !

zen

buddha

god

jesus

infinity

all

higg's

bosons

; o )

for those who want to be enlightened it's this simple, i can tell you but you still won't get it and spend your lives in rubbishy denial !

why

is

it

so

hard

i

don't

know !

  reluctant to take on basic truths 

  being broken enables the light 

  zen constructs fake seeming 

a  criticism  of eckhart tolle

bet a million dollars he never replies !

to

see

infinity

you

have

to

be

in

love

with

everything

how

beautiful

and

cruel

that

is !

discussion

the truth

c'mon you wimps, too scared to post ? too scared to be yourselves fucking buddha cocksuckers i always had your number you pathetic drivel !

epitaph to the hardcore zen blog

explanation

i

don't

miss

those

thick

aggressive

morons

on

hardcore

zen

i'll

say

that !

can't

do

anything

about

me

here

can

you

: o ~

just

ignore

me

and

go

on

digging

your

latrines !

your

view

is

that

a

vision

occurs

in

existance

but

existance

occurs

in

a

vision !

you

have

to

squeeze

something

to

see

it !

it's

not

quite

true

you

have

to

put

it

out

of

shape

to

see

it

but

you

see

it

truely !

if

you

squeeze

zen

what

do

you

see?

flakes

cowards

and

shitholes !

can't

handle

me

can

you

brad

what

r

u

doing

with

your

life ?

playing

a

game

on

zen ?

basically brad warner has been deregistered as a zen teacher because he's too stuck in voynich and pierre tesuten has been registered cause of a real poetic talent which makes the registration list: bowman, rizzetto and tesuten

all other zen teachers are deregistered and can engage with me on the blog comments if they wish to be registered

i

bet

not

one

of

these

deregistered

teachers

has

the

guts

to

front

up

here

up

thems

selves

wankers !

brad

warner

it's

interesting

what

upsets

you

you

are

pissing

your

life

away

on

something

futile

and

meaningless

teaching

voynich

to

nutters !

you

are

degregistered

a

s

a zen

teacher !

the

seventh

patriarch !

the stupids posting stupidly endlessly how's that for in a aline zen teachers and students mutual suckers in a sucker's kingdom!

the

southern

cross

on

a

white

blue

sky

of

a

rainy

dusk

gusty

cold

wind

from

the

south

zen

and

sitting

are

senseless !

i

wonder

if

i

could

have

"7th

patriarch"

put

on

my

tombstone?

“ you

won't

have

a

tombstone ! ”

all

sitting

is

about

is

solitude

sitting

is

something

that

arose

a

s

a

cheap

way

of

keeping

monks

occupied

and

in

their

place !

it's

not

that

zen

teachers

are

obscure

but

they

have

learnt

the

art

of

what

i

call

voynichese

that

is

they

have

learnt

the

art

of

rattling

off

bullshit

as

though

it

means

something !

in

three

hundred

years

people

will

be

claiming

lineage

from

the

7th

patriarch

it

has

come

right

with

me

and

will

go

wrong

again !

“those who greatly realize delusion are buddhas. those who are greatly deluded about realization are ordinary beings.”

the above is a bit of a crappy translation of dogen, my rectification is below !

to

be

a

buddha

is

to

understand

yourself

as

a process

of

mistakes

to

not

understand

yourself

as

a

process

of

mistakes

is

just

the

usual

human !

zen

is

not

meant

to

be

hidden

the

way

it

is !

zen teachers not deregistered

you'd think it would be simple but like everything else shades of grey rule !

registration is not the same as approval, i just think there's something to them and they are not the usual toxic blight that zen teachers are !

george bowman i like and think sorta on target, he would be better known except for his health dragging him back, thyroid issues ?

i also think diane rizzetto is helped in a real way by her work with developmentally disordered children and tho i don't know her, it seems she is worthy of being registered

there diane, what you haven't asked for but deserve !

she's dead now of course but i always though joko beck was an interesting on and off track, she was wrong about not reading and doing sitting tho, she did get the fundamental insight but was on the wrong road and kept to it !

toni packer who i approve is not a zen teacher so doesn't come under this ruling, one of her "dharma heirs" is also ok i think !

pierre tesuten has some sort of real poetic streak and is not deregistered ! anyone interested in this approval/transmission question, if it's given by humans and not infinity the bar is pretty low so to speak, most people could jump over the level i set if they are at all real which unfortunately is not the case at all !

so that's bowman, rizzetto and tesuten not deregistered, the rest are and if they want to contend they have to engage in some dialogue with me !

Andrew Levin  7th patriarch

spiritus  sanctus,  i have to be fair !

me being mean to hildegard of bingen ! lol

this is a bit long so will post a link to my web page with it on, might do more of that in future !

hairspray jesus

appeal process against disestablishment !

any zen “teacher” claiming lineage descent or even claiming any right to teach at all can appeal against disestablishment by a bit of dialogue on this board, it will  soon   sort out !

for all the bullshit about dharma combat and the freeness of the old masters in different situations i can guarantee that not one has the courage to poke their nose onto the comments section of this board !

brad warner has, i am afraid, led the way, denial, censorship and suppression !

if

you

deny

me

as

the

seventh

patriarch

you

deny

infinity !

i

disestablish

every

zen

teacher

today

claiming

lineage

for

a

start !

there

is

no

method

to

shikantaza

it

is

neither

method

or

methodless !

i

think

brad

warner

is

censoring

me

being

the

7th

patriarch !

which

is

ignorant

as

i

am

the

only

approved

zen

“master”

alive

today

i'll

put

this

post

on

his

board

and

see

if

he

passes

it

or

not !

your

last

chance

brad !

shikantaza

has

no

reference

point

not

even

in

terms

of

an

adequate

description !

ok brad warner is DEREGISTERED from patriarch zen !

it's funny what it takes to upset me, he removed the post further below from his blog

that is, he's got some limitations and  i DON'T APPROVE HIM !

he's uncomfortable with my presence on his blog anyway, but i'm not posting there anymore, too painful to see really good posts of mine removed cause he's just the typical zen master wanker in the final analysis, when it comes ot the crunch they way they behaves sucks !

the

post he removed is

“last thought. i don't get why some of you think steve jobs is any less of a buddhist than you are just because he is a successful businessman. it could be he is a successful businessman because he is more of a buddhist than you are.”

zen is

not actually about buddhism or being buddhist !

at

least

in

terms

of

the

patriarchs !

yeah

i

know

if

you

have

money

people

worship

you !

what

we

call

the

present

and

moment

is

itself

memory !

michel

proulx

i

hope

there's

more

to

your

life

than

zen

robes

and

a

lot

of

denial !

consider

yourself

upbraided

i

am

endless

and

inexhaustible

and

go

on

forever . . . .

:

o

)

i

quite

like

kobun

otogawa

anyone

who

can

drown

trying

to

save

his

daughter

called

maya

and

have

her

drown

a

s

well

is

ok

in

my

book

:

o

)

makes

much

more

of

a

“ splash ”

than

the

usual

decrepit

zen

leaving

anyway !

kobun otogawa

“you can speak of self as no-self upon the absolute. only real existence is absolute”

the

world

is

full

of

voynich

:

o

(

the glamorization of steve jobs is zen shooting itself in the foot again !

he's

a

successful

interesting

and

innovative

busnessman

but

he

also

got

arsenic

inducted

pancreatic

cancer

from

eating

too

many

shrimps

: o )

just

goes

to

show

the

buddha

of

too

much

in

one

direction

and

not

enough

in

another

is

everywhere !

last

night

i

sat

down

on

some

rushes

by

the

stream

listening

to

the

tinkle

of

water !

:

o

)

that

is

“ right

sitting ”

why

be

crippled ?

meditation

recollecting

yourself

a

bit

or

a

lot !

it's

the

nature

of

a

vision

that

you

do

not

get

too

fixed

in

historical

reality !

cause i'm the 7th patriarch where i am zen is so i don't need you lot neither do i have to do anything

a

real

vision

is

definitely

an

altered

state

of

conciousness

it's

quite

short

somewhat

dreamlike

and

has

a

very

heavy

semantic

content !

it's

that

semantic

synchronicity

with

infinity

that

is

really

important

and

can't

be

duplicated

or

faked !

it's

not

something

constructed

when

it

happens

you

will

know

and

be

very

surprised !

on being the 7th zen patriarch

“Tell us about your vision when you became the 7th Zen Patriarch.”

good question, i have thought about what i am going to say and really it's one of those things, you won't understand until you have had a real vision so i am not going to talk about it

you also need to understand what a vision is which is a direct communication by infinity or buddha to you so it's an exceptional event to exceptional people, i.e. those few who can see and accept their own crucifixion for infinity  : o )

it

happened

in

1990

and has

taken

21

years

to

make

sense

of

it !

being

the

seventh

patriarch

i

get

certain

privileges

in

heaven

though

i

draw

the

line

at

drinking

with

monkey !

zen

has

got

right

off

track

visions

are

extremely

important

i

don't

mean

hallucinations

or

substance

induced

i

mean

john

of

the

cross

stuff !

"orange blob andrew, why do you care sooo little about us as to hurt our eyes and brains with those endless one word/line posts?"

but

that's

zen

you

are

going

to

get

your

eyes

and

brains

hurt

or

more

truely

just

see

the

hurt

already there tho some extra hurt and a capacity to tolerate it is necessary

if

that

wasn't

the

case

everyone

would

be

enlightened !

i'm

not

the

seventh

patriarch

for

nothing

you

know !

maybe

it

is

for

nothing

: o )

(ed. note, i think i am going to duplicate this on the 7th zen patriarch blog to transit off the hardcore zen comments blog, let anonymous be king in brads realm !)

why i am the seventh zen patriarch

i had a vision in which the sixth patriarch authorised me to teach !

so i'm the seventh patriarch

i

really

am

wish

he

hadn't

done

that

btw

caught

me

unawares !

i

actually

have

come

across

one

other

instance

of

where

this

happened

in

zen

historically