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Originally posted by black beetleAttention, EB is here. [Now I'm in for it. And I am not being facetious - listen.]
I cannot stop the thoughts, I transform them into something else; I cannot stop the feelings, I transform them into something else. Once the given transformations are exhausted there is no Gate, and this Void is not included in my knowledge. This specific point of attention and my awareness are one.
So I bow to the Lady: indeed, by knowing how the river runs, I know how the river does not run; this is the Void
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Thank you EB. I will take that away and reflect.
Who fires the bullets from the ramparts? Who transforms, sir?
Originally posted by TaomanHow many more times for your sake
Attention, EB is here. [Now I'm in for it. And I am not being facetious - listen.]
Thank you EB. I will take that away and reflect.
Who fires the bullets from the ramparts? Who transforms, sir?
have I to go again straight down to the cave of the blue dragon?
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Originally posted by TaomanMy sangha too. Thanks.
I have little opportunity to join with others of like-mindedness in my locality. I also have a bit too much of the Taoist wanderer in me. My sharing with bb, yourself, Karoly, VS, robbie and others, IS my 'Sangha'. They do not have to be 'buddhist' to be a buddha.
How much you have given is perhaps not for you to judge. You may be being a tad hard on you ...[text shortened]... d shapes. I value it highly.
A good Kentucky bourbon vies with the red for me. 🙂
And perhaps a better one (for us) because includes not just "like-minded" people, but others whose differing beliefs are presented and argued.
For a few years on here, some time back, I wrote mostly from a "liberal", neo-Hasidic Jewish perspective (as I explored my lost personal heritage there, of which I only learned late in life). In Judaism, Torah-study traditionally takes the form of argument, with at least two engaged participants. That argument can become a kind of contemplative exercise, paradoxically perhaps.
Blackbeetle, BosseDeNage and myself used to spend time on here exploring kabbalah (the "mystical", not the new-age "magical" form). After all that, I find I needed a strong dose of "clear-Zen".
I also need time away from the sangha, from time to time.
I write this in a pleasant breeze
in the shade of our porch.
But now it's time to mow the grass!
I bow. 🙂
Originally posted by black beetleThinking is thinking,
I cannot stop the thoughts, I transform them into something else; I cannot stop the feelings, I transform them into something else. Once the given transformations are exhausted there is no Gate, and this Void is not included in my knowledge. This specific point of attention and my awareness are one.
So I bow to the Lady: indeed, by knowing how the river runs, I know how the river does not run; this is the Void
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laughing is laughing,
satori is satori,
farting is farting—
In the whole expanse
no gate to be found,
nothing to transform.
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Originally posted by black beetleIf no-one wears the sword, EB, bandits take over.
I deeply thank you for your threads, my Taoman, they keep my heart warm;
Namaste
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If one wears the sword, the bandits become even more solid.
Form is emptiness
Emptiness is form.
Anger is a form that is empty.
The sword is a form that is empty.
Victory is a form that is empty.
Defeat is a form that is empty.
This I know.
But the bandits, and the Dharma....
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Originally posted by vistesdYes, vistesd. Its a good and helpful "sangha". I need that pleasant breeze. Thanks.
My sangha too. Thanks.
And perhaps a better one (for us) because includes not just "like-minded" people, but others whose differing beliefs are presented and argued.
For a few years on here, some time back, I wrote mostly from a "liberal", neo-Hasidic Jewish perspective (as I explored my lost personal heritage there, of which I only learned lat breeze
in the shade of our porch.
But now it's time to mow the grass!
I bow. 🙂
(aside)
I am reminded of my contact with the Torah path. A childless uncle (Uncle Sass) through marriage, and a childless family friend ('Uncle' Tommy, my "godfather" ) were Jewish. Always around. On my bar-mitzvah date, both gave me presents with much emotion. I still have my Uncle Sass's prayer book and shawl. I have to get it to a synagogue.
Originally posted by vistesdWith his spirit settled, the hermit accumulated practice day by day, he polished his two sights and he ended up not with one, but with two truths (in the beginning he could just let that river run, but by that time he was worshipping Buddha)
Thinking is thinking,
laughing is laughing,
satori is satori,
farting is farting—
In the whole expanse
no gate to be found,
nothing to transform.
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Originally posted by TaomanA sword gives life, a sword takes life; who cares about anger if he has Buddha killed on the spot?
If no-one wears the sword, EB, bandits take over.
If one wears the sword, the bandits become even more solid.
Form is emptiness
Emptiness is form.
Anger is a form that is empty.
The sword is a form that is empty.
Victory is a form that is empty.
Defeat is a form that is empty.
This I know.
But the bandits, and the Dharma....
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Originally posted by black beetlePerhaps interestingly, a google on this post's content (without quotes) leads to:
A sword gives life, a sword takes life; who cares about anger if he has Buddha killed on the spot?
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http://www.buddhistreadingroom.com/dhammapa.html
At which the following appears soon on:
Mind precedes its objects. They are mind-governed and mind-made. To speak or act with a defiled mind is to draw pain after oneself, like a wheel behind the feet of the animal drawing it. 1
Mind precedes its objects. They are mind-governed and mind-made. To speak or act with a peaceful mind, is to draw happiness after oneself, like an inseparable shadow. 2
I have been insulted! I have been hurt! I have been beaten! I have been robbed! Anger does not cease in those who harbour this sort of thought. 3
I have been insulted! I have been hurt! I have been beaten! I have been robbed! Anger ceases in those who do not harbour this sort of thought. 4
Occasions of hatred are certainly never settled by hatred. They are settled by freedom from hatred. This is the eternal law. 5
And so on... there is a section on anger. How fitting.
Originally posted by JS357Yes; (technique is important), give anger no swindling chances😵
Perhaps interestingly, a google on this post's content (without quotes) leads to:
http://www.buddhistreadingroom.com/dhammapa.html
At which the following appears soon on:
Mind precedes its objects. They are mind-governed and mind-made. To speak or act with a defiled mind is to draw pain after oneself, like a wheel behind the feet of the animal dra ...[text shortened]... hatred. This is the eternal law. 5
And so on... there is a section on anger. How fitting.
And what is anger to you, JS357?
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