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If you miss the mark even by a strand of hair,
You are as distant as heaven from earth.
If the slightest discrimination occurs,
You will be lost in confusion.
You could be proud of your understanding;
Have abundant realization, or acquire
Outstanding wisdom and attain the way
By clarifying the mind. Still, if you
Are wandering about in your head,
You may miss the vital path of letting your body leap.

~ Dogen (1200-1253)

Death and life are looked on
As but transformations;
The myriad creation is all of a kind,
There is a kinship through all.

~ Huai Nan Tzu (2nd c B.C.)

Zen-sitting is the way of perfect tranquility:
Inwardly not a shadow of perception,
Outwardly not a shade of difference
Between phenomena.

No longer identified with yourself,
You no longer think,
Nor do you seek enlightenment
Of the mind or disburdenment of illusions.

You are a flying bird with
No mind to twitter, a mountain
Unconscious of the others rising around it.

~ Meiho (1277–1350)


https://www.dailyzen.com/

@rookie54 said
Zen-sitting is the way of perfect tranquility:
Inwardly not a shadow of perception,
Outwardly not a shade of difference
Between phenomena.

No longer identified with yourself,
You no longer think,
Nor do you seek enlightenment
Of the mind or disburdenment of illusions.

You are a flying bird with
No mind to twitter, a mountain
Unconscious of the others rising around it.

~ Meiho (1277–1350)


https://www.dailyzen.com/

my ears are blessed when i say yer name out loud
(((ms hakima)))

Your notion that thoughts arise
Leads to a notion that you
Must prevent them
From arising.
These conflicting ideas
Are both wrong.
Look well at the source
Beyond mental activity.

~ Daito (1282-1334)

If you desire to meet the real Buddha,
you must see your true nature.
Unless you see your true nature,
even if you recite the Buddha’s name,
read sutras, and uphold the precepts,
you will just be wasting your time.

~ Daito (1282-1334)

Beyond the point where the rivers
End and the mountains vanish
You have kept on walking
Originally the treasure lies
Just under one’s feet
You made the mistake of thinking
That now you would be able
To retire in peace
Look: in your own hut the
Meditation mat has never been warm.

~ Muso Soseki (1275-1351)

rock n roll songs are rarely known for the poignant lyrics
"excuse me, while i kiss the sky"

then along comes deep purple

Listen, Learn, Read On

In ages past when spells were cast
In a time of men and steel
Where a man was taught no special thing
It was all done by feel

So listen, so learn, so read on
You gotta turn the page, read the book of Taliesyn

Hear the song of lovely Joan
Her sound so sweet and clear
In the courtroom of the King
Among dukedom and the peers

So listen, so learn, so read on
You gotta turn the page, read the book of Taliesyn

Now hear ye the words of Taliesyn
On the foaming beach of the ocean, in the day of trouble
I shall be of more service to thee than three hundred salmon...

The hare he bounds across the page
Past castles white and fair
To dreaming chessmen on their boards
Where the fool's mate is a snare

So listen, so learn, so read on
You gotta turn the page, read the book of Taliesyn
So listen, so learn, so read on
You gotta turn the page, read the book of Taliesyn

Three times I have been born, I know through meditation...

The bird he flies the distance
From pages two to six
Past minstrels in their boxes
To the waters of the snakes

So listen, so learn, so read on
You gotta turn the page, read the book of Taliesyn

Don't take the pictures lightly
Listen to their sound
For from their coloured feeling
Experience is found

So listen, so learn, so read on
You gotta turn the page, read the book of Taliesyn

All the sciences of the world are collected in my breast
For I know what has been, what is now
And what hereafter will occur...

(Blackmore/Lord/Evans)

The Way transcends any aspect of
Going or coming,
Movement or quiescence,
So one cannot realize satori by
Waiting for it.

~ Daito (1282-1334)

When one lives vitally in the present moment,
Without being pressured toward the past or future,
One lives as the present itself.
One becomes the present unfolding.
No other place is so vast and broad.

~ Ji Aoi Isshi

@rookie54 said
When one lives vitally in the present moment,
Without being pressured toward the past or future,
One lives as the present itself.
One becomes the present unfolding.
No other place is so vast and broad.

~ Ji Aoi Isshi

Do not be concerned with who is
wise and who is stupid.
Do not discriminate the
sharp from the dull.
To practice whole-heartedly
is the true endeavor of the way.
Practice-realization is not
defiled with specialness;
it is a matter for every day.

~ Dogen (1200-1253)

@rookie54 said
Do not be concerned with who is
wise and who is stupid.
Do not discriminate the
sharp from the dull.
To practice whole-heartedly
is the true endeavor of the way.
Practice-realization is not
defiled with specialness;
it is a matter for every day.

~ Dogen (1200-1253)

All people fundamentally
Possess the wisdom of
Bodhi-prajna.
If they cannot be
Awakened to it,
It is because their minds
Are under delusion.
You should know that
The Buddha nature of the
Ignorant and of the
Enlightened are the same,
The only difference being
That the former are deluded whereas
The latter are awakened to it.

Altar Sutra

i learn
then unlearn
then relearn

“The purpose of a fish trap is to catch fish, and when the fish are caught, the trap is forgotten. The purpose of words is to convey ideas. When the ideas are grasped, the words are forgotten. Where can I find a man who has forgotten the words, so that I can talk to him?”

― Chuang Tzu, The Book of Chuang Tzu