Thursday 12 April 2012



“thirty-seven conditions contributing to bodhisattva practice ” no. 29


Tuesday 10 April 2012



harry when you finish writing a sentence you should be ahead of where you started, not behind


that


is


the


problem !


you can't take a basic like assuming buddha existed historically when he didn't


you


will


never


get

anywhere !


you will notice dogen uses "buddha" metaphorically and not historically !




intellectualize


Saturday 7 April 2012



dogen  masturbating !


“between the dull and the sharp-witted there is no distinction ”


well that's not true, dogen for sure was dull witted because despite being a monk and having heaps of time he didn't start to "get it" until the end of his life !


whereas  akahito  and basho always got it


Friday 6 April 2012



god, i hate this quote


Dogen said: "To study the way is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self"


usual flaky translation and bullshit


my version


"inquiring into the nature of reality is to unpin yourself"




the tempest


what has this to do with zen?


that's for you to figure out !


it's absolutely instrumentally involved !


Monday 2 April 2012



yeah mice with the lion masks ! f a k e f a k e f a k e


too


scared


to


deal


with


a


real


lion


huh ! ?


Sunday 1 April 2012



being present is no more an answer than being not !




zen teaching, a remainder of the life time volunteer effort for what

misguide another generation?

does

it

matter

no

.

.

.