January 2012
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Just so you know, I plan to ruin all this goodness...
December 2011
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Taking in some air at Pelham Bay Park
Buhre Avenue Station - Bronx, NY
“This is the problem: Many years ago I sat one day, in a sad enough mood, on the...”
– Franz Kafka in his diary, 1920, from Cosmopsis. (via mills)
Something something Buddhists something. In all seriousness, though, I feel like this does fit in quite soundly with the Way Of The Tortoise. Thoughts, Mr. Peter Reyes?
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Very much so… The effort of no effort seems...
November 2011
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The obstacles to your practice are your true...
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Meditation Journal - 11.07.11
Do not suppress what arises, but realize instead that it is empty; an observable formation with a conditioned existence. Watch it form and then fade to nothingness, like smoke rising from an open flame.
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Observe and do not presume to know.
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We don't need our ideals.
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From "The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma" translated...
Image source: www.shaolincom.com “According to the sutras, evil deeds result in hardships and good deeds result in blessings. Angry people got to hell and happy people go to heaven. But once you know that the nature of anger and joy is empty and you let them go, you free yourself from karma. If you don’t see your nature, quoting sutras is no help.”
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Meditation Journal - 11.03.11
The desire to control anything means that it controls you; it’s the reversal of roles into which we are often duped by our delusions. Therefore, we should not be looking to control anything that we perceive as problematic, but to be free of it. And to be free of it does not mean to abandon or turn away from it, but to accept and exist with it in harmony. To be free means, not only to be...
October 2011
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Self Portrait - Kikuchi Yosai
Source: en.wikipedia.org
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From "Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind" by Shunryu Suzuki
Image source: shambhalasun.com “So try not to see something in particular; try not to achieve anything special. You already have everything in your pure quality. If you understand this ultimate fact, there is no fear. There may be some difficulty, of course, but there is no fear.”
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Pay less attention to what's being said and ask...
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From "Hardcore Zen: Punk Rock, Monster Movies &...
Image source: www.upi.com “It’s the same everywhere- we go through the motions but it doesn’t really mean anything because our beliefs don’t get at the root of reality. We take our believing (and our not believing too, by the way) for granted, but we rarely ever take a hard look at what belief really is.”
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Meditation Journal - 10.26.11
One extreme and then another, between them is the Void. There is no Middle Way, only the expansiveness of the Truth from which we desperately attempt to escape.
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Let go and do what must be done.
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Bruce Lee - Fist of Fury
Source: bruceleesite.com
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From "The Tao of Jeet Kune Do" by Bruce Lee
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Voidness is that which stands in the middle between this and that.The void is all inclusive, having no opposite- there is nothing which it excludes or opposes. It is living void because all forms come out of it and whoever realizes the void is filled with life and power and the love of all beings.
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If what you're looking for is relaxation, Zen is...
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Landscape in Autumn - Sesshu Toyo
Source: m.clevescene.com
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From "Zen Flesh, Zen Bones" Translated by Paul...
Image source: bestpriceart.com No Loving-Kindness There was an old woman in China who had supported a monk for over twenty years. She had built a little hut for him and fed him while he was meditating. Finally she wondered just what progress he had made in all this time. To find out, she obtained the help of a girl rich in desire. “Go and embrace him,” she told her, “and...
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Thoughts... - 10.23.11
The truth is never interesting- it lacks the qualities needed to hold our attention for very long. This is why we choose the extremes of aversion and attachment.
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Tofukuji Temple - Kyoto, Japan
Source: explorejapan.org
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From "Hagakure" by Yamamoto Tsunetomo - Translated...
Image source: fujiarts.com A warrior should be careful in all things and should dislike to be the least bit worsted. Above all, if he is not careful in his choice of words he may say things like, “I’m a coward,” or “At that time I’d probably run,” or “How frightening,” or “How painful.” These are words that should not be said even in...
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Once you're seated, let go.
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There is no awareness without there first being...
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Are you awake, or are you dreaming of you?
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Forget about what you realized.
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The naturalness of the moment is lost when we...
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Landscape Painting - Li Keran
Source: arts.cultural-china.com
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From "The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma" Translated...
Image source: redbubble.com “Basically, seeing, hearing, and knowing are completely empty. Your anger, joy, or pain is like that of a puppet. You can search, but you won’t find a thing.”
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Thoughts... - 10.19.11
Assumptions are based on “data” collected and stored in the ego. Taken by itself, the “data” is not a problem, as its collection and storage is necessary for the preservation of the human organism. The problem is when we take the assumptions formed by that data as truth, and allow it to influence our perception of reality, as opposed to realizing that...
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The essence of the Middle Way is beyond the...